Philippines · Commonwealth · Treasury Certificate

5 Pesos note, n.d.

5 Pesos · Victory Series No. 66

Paired portraits of William McKinley and Admiral George Dewey; yellow-orange reverse with VICTORY. Serial F00618071.

Catalog facts

Pick reference: P#96a
Serial number: F00618071
Signatures: Sergio Osmeña (President) and Jaime Hernandez (Auditor General)
Condition: Unslabbed (private collection)
Printage: 17,355,000 notes (P#96a, Numista / numismatics.ph)

Face of the 5-peso note, serial F00618071: McKinley, Dewey, and the Commonwealth seal.

Yellow-gold back of the 5-peso note with the VICTORY overprint.

The note

The 5-peso note (P#96 / P#96a) keeps the pre-war Treasury Certificate layout: McKinley at left, Dewey at right, “PHILIPPINES” and “FIVE PESOS” at center, and the blue Commonwealth seal. Twin “Victory Series No. 66” legends and blue serials F00618071 mark the liberation issue. The yellow-gold back carries the black VICTORY overprint across the central medallion. There is no red “CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES” overprint, so the piece is the original 1944 issue, not Pick 117+. The collection records one example of this serial; a second photograph of the same note is not catalogued separately.

Scarcity and printage

Numista and numismatics.ph record 17,355,000 notes for P#96a, serials F00000001–F22500000. The type is scarcer than the 1-peso but remains a high-printage circulation denomination. Replacements (P#96r) and specimens (P#96s) are scarce.