Piso Fare

So, here are the newly issued P5.00 - P10.00 coins and the various other commemorative coins in between them.

I like how they went back to feature something of national significance as opposed to yet another

huge ass BSP logo. We seriously don't need to be reminded as to who prints these money but instead, we wanted more of these random objects representing our country. But to be honest, we seriously don't know the relevance of this Tayabak plant to our beloved Supremo but whatever...It's a good start, I guess?

I don't think this Antonio Luna sculpt was best suited for coins with two colors.
The layout at the back makes even lesser sense when you notice that the designs are bleeding into one another. It is in our best assumptions that this Antonio Luna sculpt was meant to be used on some other value. Some other value that is probably not two-toned.
But then again, this could also be a "Special Preventive Measure" against coin forgeries so we couldn't be too sure about it either.

Side by side with the Old version:

Special Commemorative P5.00 - P1.00 coins:
Bagong Bayani (New Heroes) + Douglas MacArthur Leyte Gulf Landing coins.

150 years of Rizal Day (I guess?)

Most of which were obtained via fast food tellers and oddly enough Jeepney drivers.
I guess money is just money then. Commemorative or not, it just didn't matter that much to them.

Tis a good sign that our coins are evolving for the better.

Although there were a few size and thickness discrepancies

but hopefully we'd get used to it in the near future. Most especially if this TRAIN (Tax Reform for Acceleration and INclusion)

law continues to rear its ugly head then a domino effect of price hikes is surely inevitable.

But amidst all that, Andres Bonifacio and Antonio Luna were indeed good choices
for our P5-P10, respectively. For these are the coins we use/see everyday and these heroes
are better representations of our country. Tis better to honor strong, occult believing,
natural born leaders as opposed to yellow-bellied, paper tiger, traitor types .

And with that said, why aren't we phasing out or simply demonetizing these old Aguinaldo coins?
It's not like anyone wants him around. It's not like he's a revered hero or something. He should be demoted to 5,10 or 25 cents.For these are these are the coins even BEGGARS wouldn't want to receive.