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AMERICAN ERA CURRENY
 

U.S.–Philippine Currency: Standardized Coins and Banknotes (1903–1946)

Explore how American rule introduced a standardized Philippine monetary system, from the Coinage Act of 1903 to the coins and banknotes that shaped everyday commerce through the Commonwealth era.​

United States–Philippine silver coins placed over early Philippine banknotes including treasury and national bank issues
Stacks of United States–Philippine coins including silver pesos and centavos arranged on a dark surface

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Explore U.S.-Philippine Coins and Banknotes

 

Discover the coinage and banknotes issued during the American period.

Assorted United States–Philippine coins including silver peso and centavo denominations spread together, showing the Filipino figure and American eagle designs from the early 1900s

 

U.S.-Philippine Coins

1903-1946 

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Explore the peso and centavo series introduced for the Philippines during the American colonial period, including the iconic standing figures and later Commonwealth issues.

Collage of historic Philippine banknotes from Spanish and American periods including treasury certificates and emergency notes

 

U.S.-Philippine Banknotes ​

1903-1944

Learn about silver certificates, treasury certificates, Philippine National Bank notes, and other paper money used in the Philippines between 1903 and World War II.

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