KM# 272 - 5 PISO
7.6700 g., Nickel-Brass, 25.5 mm. Obv: Head of Emilio Aguinaldo
right, value and date within scalloped border Rev: Central Bank seal
within circle and gear design within scalloped border Edge: Plain
The Republic of the Philippines, an archipelago in the western
Pacific 500 miles (805 km.) from the southeast coast of Asia,
has an area of 115,830 sq. mi. (300,000 sq. km.) and a population
of *64.9 million. Capital: Manila. The economy of the 7,000-island
group is based on agriculture, forestry and fishing. Timber, coconut
products, sugar and hemp are exported.
Migration to the Philippines began about 30,000 years ago
when land bridges connected the islands with Borneo and
Sumatra. Ferdinand Magellan claimed the islands for Spain in
1521. The first permanent settlement was established by Miguel
de Legazpi at Cebu April 1565. Manila was established in 1572.
A British expedition captured Manila and occupied the Spanish
colony in October 1762, but returned it to Spain by the treaty of
Paris, 1763. Spain held the Philippines despite growing Filipino
nationalism until 1898 when they were ceded to the United States
at the end of the Spanish-American War. The Philippines became
a self-governing commonwealth under the United States in 1935,
and attained independence as the Republic of the Philippines on
July 4, 1946.
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