Philippines COINS - 1976 8 Coin Proof Set + Box - IMF Meeting, World Bank

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Philippines Coins - 1976 Philippines Proof Set
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The 1976 coinage of the Republic of the Philippines includes two coins bearing special commemorative designs to be used only in 1976.
You will receive:
- The fifty-piso coin, minted in sterling silver, depicts the emblems of four international economic organizations whose Boards of Governors held their annual policy-making meetings in the Philippines that year. They are: the International Monetary Fund; the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (also known as the World Bank), and two World Bank affiliates: the International Finance Corporation and International Development Association
- The new twenty-five-piso coin, minted in .500 fine silver, portrays a young Philippine rice farmer, symbolizing the production of sufficient rice to meet the total needs of the people
- The five-piso coin pays tribute to Ferdinand Marcos, the kleptocrat President of the Philippines
- The immortal Jose Rizal, "Father of Philippine Independence," is depicted on the one-piso coin
- The first Philippine painter to win international fame, Juan Luna, is featured on the twenty-five-sentimo coin. Another national leader was Francisco Baltasar, commemorated on the ten-sentimo coin
- Melchora Aquino, known as the "Mother of the Revolution," is honored on the five-sentimo coin, minted with an unusual scalloped edge
- Square with rounded corners, the one-sentimo coin portrays the warrior chieftain Lapulapu who led the resistance to Spanish conquest in the 16th century
- A map of the Philippines appears on the reverse of the fifty-piso coin, and the reverses of the twenty-five, five- and one-piso coins bear the official coat of arms of the Republic. The reverses of the four smallest denomination coins carry the seal of the Central Bank, symbolizing the nation's economic development
- Certificate of Authenticity to certify that the set is legal tender in the Republic of the Philippines and is an original 1976 Proof Set minted by the Franklin Mint under authorization of the government of the Philippine
Item comes with its original presentation box, COA, and other documentation.
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