PHILIPPINES 

KM 240.2

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
10 sentimos 19.0 1.5   Plain Aluminum Medal
Obverse Reverse
 The inscription along the rim - title of state in Filipino. In the center: effigy of F. Baltasar, below - the year of minting.

Francisco Baltazar (1788 — 1862), known much more widely through his nom-de-plume Francisco Balagtas, was a prominent Filipino poet, and is widely considered as the Tagalog equivalent of William Shakespeare for his impact on Filipino literature.

 Inside of scalloped frame: face value, Pandaka Pygmea fish.

 Pandaka Pygmea is the world's smallest fish species about the size of an ant and almost transeparent.