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Josefa Llanes Escoda : BANKNOTES & STAMP

Posted by jov3n- trader202 on Thursday, February 2, 2012, In : Banknote

Josefa Llanes Escoda, founder of the Girl Scout of the Philippines , is executed together with other Filipinos who have resisted Japanese Occupation during World War II, January 31, 1945.

Great civic leader, social worker, suffragette and war heroine, Pepa, as she was affectionately called, was born on September 20, 1898 in Dingras, Ilocos Norte.

She was last seen on January 29, 1945. She was then apparently taken and held in one of the Far Eastern University buildings occupied by the Japanese...

1974~1985 Php5.00 Ang Bagong Lipunan Series

Posted by jov3n- trader202 on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, In : Banknote

The Ang Bagong Lipunan series literally means "The New Society Series". The name used to refer to Philippine banknotes issued on 1977 to 1985 by the Central Bank of the Philippines as replacement of Pilipino Series.

Obverse: Andres Bonifacio
Reverse: Organizing Katipunan
Color: Green