Starting January 2015, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will begin the yearlong “demonitization” process for all old peso bills with denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000.

Extraordinary colors, large denominations or even old banknotes are offered by a commercial ... and is quoted on a website for more than 9 thousand pesos, but a collector bought it much cheaper.

The dominantly yellow 500-peso bill with Ninoy Aquino’s portrait was ... Sergio Osmeña and the National Museum, formerly the old Congress building. The orange 20-peso bill, issued in 1986 ...

CAN you now spot the difference? Old peso bill (top) new (bottom). If you still have any of the old peso bills left in your keeping, you have to keep it as a memento or hope that a collector will ...

But wait until they banish the Aquinos from the 500-peso bill, if that’s even in the cards ... Now I have to tell students it’s gone from the new version as the old is being taken out of circulation.

Along with several other endangered species, the eagle was the first to land on the country’s new peso bills. The first complete ... For example, the initial issuance of 500 million pieces ...