Flora and Fauna Series

The Flora and Fauna Series was a series of Philippine peso coins minted from 1983 to 1994, in denominations from 1 sentimo to ₱2. The series used the Optima typeface. The sizes of the coins were reduced, and ₱5 coins were reintroduced, in 1991. Production of 50-sentimo and ₱2 coins ceased in 1995.

The Flora and Fauna Series of the Philippine peso. It was minted from 1983 to 1991.

History
The Improved Flora and Fauna Series of the Philippine peso. It was minted from 1991 to 1994.

In 1983, eight years after the introduction of the Ang Bagong Lipunan Series, a new series called the Flora and Fauna Series was introduced, in which the coins, in addition to featuring various Philippine national heroes as before, also began featuring plant and animal life forms native to the Philippines. The 50-sentimo and 2-piso denominations were reintroduced, the latter of which had not been struck as a coin since the Spanish had struck it in gold. The 5-piso denomination was stopped, but production resumed (in a new, smaller size) in the final four years of the Flora and Fauna Series, which featured reduced sizes for all denominations.

The Flora and Fauna series contained errors on two coins, in 1983. The text on the 10-sentimo coin for the scientific name of the Philippine goby was minted as "Pandaka pygmea" instead of "Pandaka pygmaea", and the 50-sentimo coin showing the Philippine eagle misspelled the scientific name as "Pithecobhaga jefferyi" instead of "Pithecophaga jefferyi".

In 1985, some of the 1-peso and 25-sentimo coins had a double strike error.[1]

In 1991, the Improved Flora and Fauna Series was introduced. The denominations from 25 sentimo up to 2 peso were smaller, and the 5-peso coin was reintroduced. Some commemorative coins in 1991 were minted in the larger size. The size of the 25- and 50-sentimo coins of the Improved Flora and Fauna Series are same as the size of the twenty-five-satang and fifty-satang coins of Thailand, and the 50-sentimo (IFF series) and 50-satang coins (Thailand) both have reeded edges.

Flora and Fauna Series
ImageValueDiameterThicknessMassCompositionEdgeObverseReverseYear of
ObverseReverse First mintingWithdrawal

 1 sentimo15.5 mm1.67mm0.70 gAluminum and magnesium
99.2% Al
0.8% Mg		PlainVoluta imperialis, ValueState title, Lapu-Lapu, year of mintingSeptember 30, 1983December 31, 2000

 5 sentimo17.0 mm2.04mm1.10 gVanda sanderiana (Waling-waling), ValueState title, Melchora Aquino, year of minting
10 sentimo19.0 mm2.27mm1.50 gPandaka pygmaea (Philippine Goby), ValueState title, Francisco Baltazar, value, year of minting

 25 sentimo21.0 mm1.67mm3.85 gBrass (65% copper; 35% zinc)ReededGraphium idaeoides, ValueState title, Juan Luna, year of mintingSeptember 30, 1983March 31, 1995

 50 sentimo25.0 mm1.67mm6.05 gCopper-nickel
75% Cu
25% Ni		PlainPithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine Eagle), ValueState title, Marcelo H. del Pilar, year of mintingSeptember 30, 1983March 31, 1995
₱129.0 mm2.06mm9.5 gReededAnoa mindorensis (Tamaraw), ValueState title, José Rizal, year of minting
₱231 mm (across corners, decagon)
29.8 mm (across flats, decagon)		2.18mm12 gPlainCocos nucifera (Coconut Tree), ValueState title, Andrés Bonifacio, year of minting
Improved Flora and Fauna Series (1991–1994)
25 sentimo16.0 mm1.67mm2.2 gBrassPlainGraphium idaeoides, ValueState title, Juan Luna, year of mintingApril 1, 1991December 31, 2000

 50 sentimo18 mm1.8mm3 gReededPithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine Eagle), ValueState title, Marcelo H. del Pilar, year of minting
₱121.5 mm1.67mm4 gStainless steelPlainAnoa mindorensis (Tamaraw), ValueState title, José Rizal, year of mintingApril 1, 1991December 31, 2000

 ₱223.5 mm2 mm5 gReededCocos nucifera (Coconut Tree), ValueState title, Andrés Bonifacio, year of minting
₱526 mm2.5mm9.5 gNickel-brassReededPterocarpus indicus (Narra), ValueState title, Emilio Aguinaldo, year of mintingApril 1, 1991December 31, 2000
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See also

References
  1. "Error Coin's error". 24 September 2011.
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