Rare Ateneo Law School commemorative P100 bills now out!

Lest I be labeled by Atenista James Soriano as an uneducated Filipino, I am writing this piece in English. 🙂

No, this is not a repost of an earlier blog:

http://rightonthemark.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/rare-100-peso-bills-with-up-college-of-law-logo-now-out/

I got this P100 peso bill with the Ateneo Law School diamond jubilee logo as change from a Quezon City food store last Wednesday night. This banknote was released recently to commemorate the 75^th anniversary of the ALS. The Latin motto “Ad maiorem Dei gloriam” (“For the Greater Glory of God” in English) is also printed in the bill.

Ateneo Law School P100 Commemorative Bill 2.0 — Commemorative P100 bills with the Ateneo Law School's 75th diamond jubilee logo

President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (himself an Atenean) received an initial print of these commemorative 100 peso bills from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco during the ALS’ anniversary rites last June in the school’s Rockwell Makati campus (http://www.gov.ph/2011/06/07/president-aquino-receives-commemorative-100-peso-bills-during-the-celebration-of-the-75th-anniversary-of-ateneo-law-school/).

Ateneo Law School P100 Commemorative Bill — The Latin motto “Ad maiorem Dei gloriam” can be seen in this commemorative P100 peso bill

BSP evidently granted ADMU’s request last May for the school to have commemorative peso bills for their 75^th anniversary “just like UP and UST,” as Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Doris Dumlao wrote (http://business.inquirer.net/2464/biz-buzz-zest-for-expansion). Specifically, the school requested “for an overprint of its logo on the 100-Piso banknotes with the year mark 2011 in celebration of this milestone.”

Specimen of the bills can be viewed here: http://www.banknotenews.com/files/65f2dad44ffa8a5b16673ec0115b866e-1661.php

PS: Don’t look now, but some people are now selling these bills online. So, next time you receive a P100 bill, better double check it!

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