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Caption: BSP launching of the Lapulapu commemorative banknote and medal. In photo BSP Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Francisco Dakila, Jr. (center) and Senior Assistant Governor Dahlia D. Luna (right) with Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea (left), who received the items on behalf of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Photo courtesy of BSP.
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), in cooperation with the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC), launched recently the 5000-Piso Lapulapu Commemorative Banknote and Medal to kick off the 99-day countdown to the 500th anniversary of the “Victory at Mactan.
The production and issuance of the commemorative banknote and medal is part of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (QCP) which include the celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Victory of Mactan, the 500th Philippines’ historic part in the first circumnavigation of the world and other related events.
MANILA, Jan. 18 —The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), in cooperation with the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC), launched today the 5000-Piso Lapulapu Commemorative Banknote and Medal to kickoff the 99-day countdown to the 500th anniversary of the “Victory at Mactan.”In.