PHILIPPINES
KM 243.1 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
1 piso | 29.0 | 9.3 | Reeded | Copper-Nickel | Medal |
Obverse | Reverse | ||
The inscription along the rim - title of state in Filipino. In the center: effigy of
J. Rizal, below - the year of minting. José Rizal (José Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonso y Realonda) (1861 – 1896), was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. |
In the center: image of buffalo, above - face value. The Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) or Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo is a small hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. |