The Philippine two hundred-peso note ( fil, dalawandaang piso; ₱200) is a denomination of Philippine currency.

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Diosdado Macapagal is currently featured on the front side of the note, and since 2017, President

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's inauguration as the 14th President of the Philippines ( EDSA People Power II) is on the lower-left side on the note just in front of the scene of the

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, and the scene of the opening of the Malolos Congress is also present on the obverse side of the note. From 2010 to 2017, the

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(labeled as "Independence House") and the

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were featured on the front side of the note. The

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and the

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is featured on the reverse side. Currently, it is the rarest banknote circulating in the country, and thus is seen more as a novelty than legal tender.

History

Pre-independence

*1852: ''El Banco Español Filipino de Isabel II'' (modern-day

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) issued 200 ''pesos fuertes'' notes. *1903-1928: '' BPI'' issued notes. Features a vignette of Lady Justice on the front.

Independence

Macapagal first appeared on the two hundred peso bill upon the reintroduction of the denomination in 2002. *1951: ''English series'', Features the portrait of

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, the 1st president of the

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. The reverse features the

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. The Legislative Building was later featured on the fifty peso bill upon the introduction of the ''Pilipino series'' notes. *1959: The 200 and 500 peso notes were withdrawn from circulation on December 31, 1959, pursuant to Philippine Republic Act No. 1516. *2002: '' New Design series'', The two hundred peso denomination was not included in the ''Pilipino'' and ''Ang Bagong Lipunan'' series. The denomination however was reintroduced in 2002, when the ''New Design Series'' notes was then currently being circulated. The note features the portrait of

Diosdado P. Macapagal Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Sr. (; September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997) was a Filipino lawyer, poet and politician who served as the ninth president of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth vice president, serving from ...

, the 9th President of the Philippines. The obverse also features the

, where Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the country's independence in 1898, on the lower right corner. The reverse features a scene from

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, with

, Macapagal's daughter, being sworn in as

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by Chief Justice

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in January 2001. The color of the note is predominantly green. This marks the return of Aguinaldo Shrine on a banknote after the printing of the five peso note (which is also colored green) was stopped seven years earlier in 1995. *2010: ''New Generation series'', The portrait of Diosdado P. Macapagal was revised, the Arroyo oathtaking was moved from the reverse to the lower left of the obverse with the

at the background and the

was added on the lower middle. The reverse now features the

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and the

. *2017: An updated version of the ''New Generation'' series 200 piso banknote was issued with several changes, notably replacing the images of the

and the

on the front with scenes of the Declaration of Philippine Independence and the opening of the Malolos Congress respectively. Also changed for this issue are the font size of the year of issue and the italicization of the scientific name on the reverse. *2020: In 2020, an "enhanced" version of the 200 peso ''New Generation Currency'' banknote was released. It added color-changing indigenous patterns to the security threads. Also, six tactile marks were placed for the elderly and the visually impaired, three tactile marks were placed on the extreme left and right side of the front of the note.

Version history

Commemorative issues

*''60 years of Central Banking'' commemorative bill - On July 9, 2009, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas introduced 12 million banknotes (2 million banknotes for each denomination) with an overprint commemorating 60 years of central banking. The overprint appears on the watermark area on all six circulating denominations. *UST Quadricentennial commemorative bill - Unveiled before the press conference held on January 21, 2011,

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(BSP) issued commemorative 200-peso bills with the Quadricentennial logo (''Tongues of Fire'') of the

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(UST) overprinted on it. BSP released two-billion-pesos (10 million notes) worth of these 200-peso bills—in general circulation and legal tender. In addition, the central bank also released 400 copies of uncut two-piece 200-peso bills (amounting to PhP 400.00).UST set to open Quadricentennial Week
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Printing years

Notes

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