1979 50 Piso Pandaigdig na Taon ng mga Bata Coin

**Varieties**
Quality	Mintage
Brilliant Uncirculated	10,000
Proof	27,000
Piedfort

Varieties

Quality

Mintage

Brilliant Uncirculated

10,000

Proof

27,000

Piedfort

**Specification**
Title	Pandaigdig na Taon ng mga Bata
NP ID	CC035
Category	Commemorative
Series	Ang Bagong Lipunan
Type	Non-Circulating Legal Tender
Denomination	50 Piso
Year	1979
Mintmark	FM (monogram)
Mint	Franklin Mint
Shape	Round
Edge	Reeded
Weight	27.40 gm
Diameter	40 mm
Thickness	2.70 mm
Material	Silver
Metallic Composition	430 grains of Solid Sterling Silver
Orientation	Medallic Orientation
Issued At	CBP Cash Department
Demonetized	May 1, 2020
Kind	Coin

Specification

Title

Pandaigdig na Taon ng mga Bata

NP ID

CC035

Obverse

Portrait of a Filipino child, official emblem of United Nations International Year of the Child (IYC) "Pandaigdig na Taon ng mga Bata" "1979"

Reverse

Seal of the Republic of the Philippines "Republika ng Pilipinas" "50 Piso" "Isang Bansa Isang Diwa"

Note

The fifty-piso coin honors the International Year of the Child (IYC), proclaimed by the United Nations to focus attention on children throughout the world. This year is the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, and thus the IYC is an opportunity for every nation to recognize those rights and put them into effect.

Remarks

On May 18, 2018 Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced the demonetization of this coin, it is legal tender until April 30, 2019. It can be exchanged at par with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) from May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020 and considered demonetized starting May 1, 2020