New Philippine Peso Bills | Pictures

Earlier today, December 16, 2010, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) officially launched the redesigned Philippine Bank Notes at the Ceremonial Hall in Malacañang. President Benigno Aquino III, the keynote speaker of the event, called the new Philippine Peso bills as “a portrait of changing times and of the enduring tapestry of our history”.

Check out below the new look of the Philippine Currency:

The New Philippine P1,000 Bill

Obverse: Josefa Llanes Escoda, Vicente P. Lim, and Jose Abad Santos
Reverse: Tubbataha Reef Marine Park and the South Sea Pearl, which is produced by oysters that thrive in the South Seas which the Sulu Sea is a part of




The New Philippine P500 Bill
Obverse: Corazon Aquino and Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.
Reverse: Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and the blue-naped parrot, which thrives in the forests of Palawan and Mindoro

The New Philippine P200 Bill
Obverse: Diosdado Macapagal
Reverse: Chocolate Hills and the Philippine tarsier, one of the world's smallest primates




The New Philippine P100 Bill
Obverse: Manuel A. Roxas
Reverse: Mayon Volcano and "butanding" or whale shark, the world's largest living fish which is the main attraction of Donsol, Sorsogon



The New Philippine P50 Bill
Obverse: Sergio Osmeña
Reverse: Taal Lake and the Giant Trevally (locally known as Maliputo), a delicious milky fish which thrives only in the waters of the lake



The New Philippine P20 Bill
Obverse: Manuel L. Quezon
Reverse: Banaue Rice Terraces and a palm civet from the Cordilleras, which are famous for producing the coffee alamid

What do you think of the makeover? Feel free to comment below... :D