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5 Pesos Silver Certificate (-)

5 Pesos Taft Branagan Silver Certificate 5 Pesos Harrison Manning Silver Certificate 5 Pesos Harrison Fitzsimmons Silver Certificate

Series of

NP ID Signature Total Printed Serial Numbers
B4.1[1] Taft - Branagan 930,000 1-
930000
B4.2[2] Wright - Branagan 270,000 930001-
1200000
B4.7[7] Proof
B4.8[8] Proof

Series of

NP ID Signature Total Printed Serial Numbers
B4.3[3] Forbes - Barrett 700,000 A1-
A700000
B4.4[4] Forbes - Manning 200,000 A700001-
A900000
B4.5[5] Harrison - Manning 800,000 A900001-
A1700000
B4.6[6] Harrison - Fitzsimmons 3,720,000 A1700000-
A5420000

Note

[1] - Shipment, and
[2] - Shipment,
[3] - Shipment, and
[4] - Shipment,
[5] - Shipment, and
[6] - Shipment, and
[7] - Proof - Uniface Obverse
[8] - Proof - Uniface Reverse

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Taft - Branagan
Remarks: Image from old website (Geocities) of Numismatics Philippines
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5 Pesos Taft - Branagan Silver Certificate

Total Printed: 930,000

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Harrison - Manning
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5 Pesos Harrison Manning Silver Certificate

Total Printed: 800,000

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Harrison - Fitzsimmons

5 Pesos Harrison Manning Silver Certificate

Total Printed: 3,720,000

Specification
NP ID B4
Series Silver Certificate
Type Circulating Legal Tender
Denomination 5 Pesos
Years -
Seal Blue Seal
Orientation Horizontal
Flip Short Edge
Printer U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Paper 75% cotton, 25% linen
Dimension 156 mm × 66 mm
Thickness 0.11 mm
Weight approx. 1 gm
Print Obverse - Black, Red
Reverse - Red
Process Printing
Ink Pigment
Introduction
Last Printing
Demonetized
Withdrawn
Total Notes 6,620,000
Total Value ₱ 33,100,000
Issuing Authority Government of the Philippine Islands
Kind Banknote
Currently Used

Obverse

Portrait of William McKinley "Silver Certificate" "By Authority of an Act of Congress of the United States of America, Approved " “This Certifies that there have been deposited in the Treasury of the Philippine Islands Five Silver Pesos" "Payable to the bearer on demand (in silver pesos or in gold coin of the United States of equivalent value)" "Series of /" "Government of the Philippine Islands" "United States of America"

Reverse

"Silver Certificate" "5" "Five Silver Pesos" "Philippine Islands"

Note

From until , separation of the sheets, printing of seal and serial numbers was done in Manila by the Bureau of Public Printing. Act no. 1463 approved on , allowed the completion of Silver Certificates to be completed at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving.

Remarks

All were printed in uncut sheet of 5. System for Replacement note were not used for this series, and it is highly probable that the same serial numbers on defective notes were used for the replacements.

Signature
Name Title
William Howard Taft Civil Governor General
Frank A. Branagan Treasurer
Luke Edward Wright Civil Governor General
Frank A. Branagan Treasurer
William Cameron Forbes Governor General
John L. Barrett Treasurer
William Cameron Forbes Governor General
Jeremiah L. Manning Treasurer
Francis Burton Harrison Governor General
Jeremiah L. Manning Treasurer
Francis Burton Harrison Governor General
Albert P. Fitzsimmons Treasurer