20 — Twenty Pisos
The artwork
Front: Manuel L. Quezon in three-quarter profile, bow-tied and severe, the Commonwealth president credited with the 1935 push for Filipino as the national language — a line printed in small caps at lower left, above a crowd scene of that campaign. To the right, the arms of the Republic, the Bangko Sentral seal, and an engraving of Malacañan Palace. Above, in Tagalog: "Pinagpala ang bayan na ang Diyos ay ang Panginoon."
Back: The Banaue Rice Terraces fill the right half, cut into the Ifugao hillsides and captioned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In front of them sits a palm civet, named as Paradoxurus hermaphroditus philippinensis — the animal whose droppings yield kape alamid. An outline map of the archipelago sits at left, with a woven Cordillera textile pattern running along the panels and up the right edge.
In circulation
Part of the New Generation Currency series launched in December 2010, this dated 2014 printing carries the Aquino–Tetangco signature pair. The twenty was the workhorse note of the decade until the Bangko Sentral withdrew it from production in favour of the nickel-brass 20-piso coin released in December 2019.
Details
- CurrencyPiso
- DenominationTwenty Pisos
- Collectedon the Philippines journey, 2016
- IssuerBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- SeriesNew Generation Currency, dated 2014
- SignatureBenigno S. Aquino III, Pangulo ng Pilipinas; Amando M. Tetangco Jr, Tagapangasiwa ng Bangko Sentral
- Dimensions160 × 66 mm