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Posted in Philippines General Information on 03/03/2009 08:40 am by admin
why is Jose Rizal was only a 1 peso coin?
why is Jose Rizal was only a 1 peso coin? why the government did not put his the highest bill we have here in the Philippines .............................
Perhaps for the same reason that the USA two most popular President - one that related to the founding of the country and other late keeping it together in a civil war - George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, is depicted in 1 Dollar banknote and coins 1 cent, respectively? They both are among the most commonly used denominations, and therefore, it is the highest honor represented there. (Although until recently, that is, when the 1 cent coins have ceased to be very useful to change.) Interestingly, when the Lincoln cent was made, Some also "felt that a man of Lincoln's importance belonged to a [higher] denomination coin than a penny a": http://www.mountainviewcoins.com/Lincoln_Cents.php
