Philippine five hundred-peso note

Five hundred pesos
CountryPhilippines
Value₱500
Width160 mm
Height66 mm
Security featuresSecurity fibers, watermark, see-through registration device, concealed value, security thread, optically variable ink, tactile marks, rolling bar effect
Material used80% cotton
20% abacá fiber
Years of printing1903–1953; 1944–1945; 1953–1959; 1987–present
Obverse
DesignCorazon Aquino, Benigno Aquino Jr., EDSA People Power I,[1] Benigno Aquino Jr. monument
DesignerDesign Systemat[2]
Design date2016
Reverse
DesignSubterranean River National Park, blue-naped parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis), Southern Philippines cloth design
DesignerDesign Systemat[2]
Design date2010

The Philippine five hundred-peso note (Filipino: Limandaang Piso) (₱500) is a denomination of Philippine currency. President Corazon Aquino and her husband, Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. are currently featured on the front side of the note, while the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and the blue-naped parrot are featured on the reverse side.

The polymer version, first introduced in December 2024[3] features the Visayan spotted deer on its obverse side while its reverse side has similar design elements with the cotton-abacá version and it will be in circulation starting December 23, 2024, in limited quantities and in the Greater Manila area.[4]

  1. ^ "People Power: An eyewitness history".
  2. ^ a b "How to Make Money". Esquire. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  3. ^ BSP unveils new polymer banknotes GMA News Online December 19, 2024. Retrieved on December 19, 2024.
  4. ^ President Marcos Receives New Polymer Banknote Series from BSP Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. December 19, 2024. Retrieved on December 19, 2024.

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