Flora and Fauna Series
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The Flora and Fauna Series of the Philippine peso. It was minted from 1983 to 1991.

The Flora and Fauna Series (Tagalog: Seryeng Flora at Fauna) was a series of Philippine peso coins minted from 1983 to 1994, in denominations from 1 sentimo to ₱2. The series used the Optima typeface as their main text. The sizes of the coins were reduced in 1991 (except 1 to 10-sentimo coins), and the ₱5 coins were reintroduced in 1991. Production of 50-sentimo and ₱2 coins ceased in 1995.

History

The Improved Flora and Fauna Series of the Philippine peso. Those were minted from 1991 to 1994.

In 1983, eight years after the introduction of the Ang Bagong Lipunan Series, a new series named the Flora and Fauna Series was introduced, in which the coins, in addition to featuring various Philippine national heroes as before, also began featuring plant and animal life forms native to the Philippines. The 50-sentimo and 2-piso denominations were reintroduced, the latter of which had not been struck as a coin since the Spanish had struck it in gold. The 5-piso denomination was stopped, but production resumed (in a new, smaller size) in the final four years of the Flora and Fauna Series, which featured reduced sizes for all denominations (except the one- to ten-sentimo coins).

The Flora and Fauna series had reported errors on two coins, in 1983. The text on the 10-sentimo coin for the scientific name of the Philippine goby was minted as "Pandaka pygmea" instead of "Pandaka pygmaea", and the 50-sentimo coin showed the misspelled version of the scientific name of the Philippine eagle as "Pithecobhaga jefferyi" instead of "Pithecophaga jefferyi".

In 1985, some of the 1-peso and 25-sentimo coins had a double strike error.[1] The year 1987 for 25-sentimo and 1-piso coin are the ones to be considered as one of the lowest mintage years in selected denominations of the series, with the mintage of lower than 2 million.

In 1991, the Improved Flora and Fauna Series was introduced. The denominations from 25 sentimo up to 2 peso were smaller, and the 5-peso coin was reintroduced. Some commemorative coins minted in 1991 were minted in the larger size. The size of the 25- and 50-sentimo coins of the Improved Flora and Fauna Series were same as the size of the twenty-five-satang and fifty-satang coins of Thailand, which the 50-sentimo (IFF series) and 50-satang coins (Thailand) both have reeded edges.

Flora and Fauna Series
Image Face Value Technical parameters Description Year of
Diameter Thickness Mass Composition Edge Obverse Reverse
Obverse Reverse Introduction Demonetization
1¢ 15.5 mm 1.67mm 0.70 g Aluminum and Magnesium
99.2% Al
0.8% Mg		 Plain State title, Lapulapu, year of minting Voluta imperialis, Value September 30, 1983 Jan 2, 1998
5¢ 17.0 mm 2.08mm 1.20 g State title, Melchora Aquino, year of minting Vanda sanderiana (Waling-waling), Value
10¢ 19.0 mm 2.3mm 1.50 g State title, Francisco Baltazar, value, year of minting Pandaka pygmaea (Philippine Goby), Value
25¢ 21.0 mm 1.68mm 3.9 g Brass (65% copper; 35% zinc) Reeded State title, Juan Luna, year of minting Graphium idaeoides, Value September 30, 1983 Jan 2, 1998
50¢ 25.0 mm 1.62mm 6 g Copper-nickel
75% Cu
25% Ni		 Plain State title, Marcelo H. del Pilar, year of minting Pithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine Eagle), Value September 30, 1983 Jan 2, 1998
₱1 29.0 mm 1.9mm 9.5 g Reeded State title, José Rizal, year of minting Anoa mindorensis (Tamaraw), Value
₱2 31 mm (across corners, decagon)
29.8 mm (across flats, decagon)		 2mm 12 g Plain State title, Andrés Bonifacio, year of minting Cocos nucifera (Coconut Tree), Value
Improved Flora and Fauna Series (1991–1994)
25¢ 16.0 mm 1.4mm 2.24 g Brass Plain State title, Juan Luna, year of minting Graphium idaeoides, Value Dec 1992 Jan 2, 1998
50¢ 18 mm 1.5mm 3 g Reeded State title, Marcelo H. del Pilar, year of minting Pithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine Eagle), Value
₱1 21.6 mm 1.7mm 4 g Stainless steel Plain State title, José Rizal, year of minting Anoa mindorensis (Tamaraw), Value Dec 1992 Jan 2, 1998
₱2 23.5 mm 1.8 mm 5 g Reeded State title, Andrés Bonifacio, year of minting Cocos nucifera (Coconut Tree), Value
₱5 25.5 mm 2.6mm 9.45 g Nickel-brass Reeded State title, Emilio Aguinaldo, year of minting Pterocarpus indicus (Narra), Value April 1, 1991 Jan 2, 1998

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Error Coin's error". 24 September 2011.
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