2016 Philippine Piso ISIDRO TORRES 150 Years Birth Anniv Commemorative Coin

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2016 Philippine Piso ISIDRO TORRES 150 Years Birth Anniversary Commemorative Coin
To preserve history through our currency, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued commemorative circulation coins in celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of educator and historian Reverend Horacio dela Costa, and the 150th birth anniversaries of two Philippine Revolutionary Army officers, Generals Artemio Ricarte and Isidro Torres.
150th birth anniversary of Isidro Torres
The Central Bank released the coin "to preserve history through our currency."
More famously known as Matang Lawin, General Isidro Torres was born on April 10, 1866. He became a Katipunero while serving as cabeza de barangay of his town in Matimbo, Malolos, Bulacan. He attained the rank of colonel when the fighting raged around Biak-na-Bato, and General Aguinaldo appointed him brigadier general upon the organization of military departmental zones in Central Luzon at Mt. Puray. He was also named director of arms, assistant secretary of war, and later, military governor of Bulacan. He also represented Palaos Islands (Palua) in the Malolos Congress. The Americans offered him the gubernatorial seat of Bulacan, but General Torres refused it. After living in Japan for some time, he came home and settled in San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. He died in 1928.
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