Set Description:
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Specimen Sets & Singles Issued by the B.S.P. 1969 to Date
Series No.2. 1st. PINOY TEXT
Specimen notes for 5 10 and 20 Piso denominations were printed by the German firm Giesecke and Devrient (G&D).
All other Specimen notes issued in this, and future sets or singles were printed by The De La Rue Company (TDLR), and then by the Security Printing Plant, Manila (SPP).
Many people are confused by the term ''De La Rue Specimen'', A specimen note might be printed by TDLR, but only the specimen notes with a red or black oval De La Rue overprint (see note p152s2) are classed as "De La Rue Specimens".
Series No.3. 2nd. PINOY TEXT
A small set of 4 notes was released for this series. (P5-P50)
Series No.4 1st. A.B.L.
A small set of 4 notes was released for this series (P5-P50) plus other single note issues.
Series No.5 2nd. A.B.L.
During the release of the 2nd ABL Series the BSP released 2 sets of Specimen overprints, with a third "Collector Set" being released by Franklin Mint.
The S1 set carry the Marcos - Licaros signature combination with the prefix of each denomination matching the 1st prefix of each circulating denomination.
P2 .......QA000000
P5 .......LG000000
P10 .....JQ000000
P20 .....JV000000
P50 .....FS000000
P100 ...AM000000
The S2 set has the Marcos - Laya signature combination with "JL" the prefix of each denomination.
P2 - P100 ...JL000000
The third. the "Collector Set" released by Franklin Mint, has the Marcos - Licaros signature combination, with a Maltese cross as a prefix for each denomination. Sets are numbered 1 to 10,000; each notes serial number match the set number.
P2 - P100 ...+000001 - +010000
After the Opening of the Manila's Security Printing Plant in 1978 there were 4 major Specimen set releases, after those, single note issues were the norm. Many of the early Specimen notes up to 1978 carry the "A" serial number prefix, later issues show a various number of prefixes, many being the initials of either the President or BSP Governor (JL, JF, CA, JC, JE, RB + others)
Series No.6 1st. REDESIGNED
Two sets of 1st Redesigned notes with the Aquino - Fernandez combination with either a "CA" or "JF" prefix of each denomination.
P5 - P500 ...CA000000
P5 - P500 ...JF000000
As well as the two sets, there were about 11 Specimen singles released in Series No.6.
Series No.8 1st. DATED
In the following 28 years (1995 - 2023), the BSP released about 30 Specimen notes,
13 notes were assorted 1997-2001 issues (p180-p187).
In 2001 with the new Holographic notes an Arroyo set with a "GM" prefix, perforated "SPECIMEN" was released, later the 2009 200 Piso (p203s), from the Bangko Sentral Commemorative Issue.
There is also the 2nd Dated 2010 set, all A000000 with a small black "SPECIMEN" overprint.
Currently I know of no other Specimens issues, but unknown items turn up now and then. I doubt the BSP even knows what Specimens were issued. .
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