a. Jose Rizal (demonetized P2) – The Philippine national hero. His powerful novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, depict the Filipino people’s struggle against an abusive Spanish colonial administration.

b. Apolinario Mabini (P10) – The Sublime Paralytic. The Brains of the Katipunan. A lost battle with polio at the age of 32 did not deter him from pursuing a vision for national freedom. He authored important documents such as the El Verdadero Decalgo, which set the guidelines for the revolutionary struggle that eventually led to the proclamation of independence.

c. Andres Bonifacio (P10) – Father of the Philippine Revolution. He became the leader of the secret society, the Katipunan, which he founded on July 7, 1892. With the same iron will that governed his young life, he led laborers and peasants in a long and arduous fight for independence that culminated in the 1896 Revolution.

d. Marcelo H. del Pilar and Graciano Lopez Jaena (demonetized P5) – One of the great propagandists, del Pilar used the pen name Plaridel and wrote great satires against the Spanish friars. Jaena was the founder and editor of La Solidaridad, which became the vehicle of the propaganda movement.

e. Lapu-Lapu (demonetized 1-centavo coin) – Leading native warriors to battle, Lapu-Lapu, a chieftain of Mactan Island of Cebu, defeated and killed Ferdinand Magellan a month after the latter’s landing in Limasawa.

f. Melchora Aquino (demonetized P100) – Tandang Sora, mother of the Katipunan. The small store she owned became the refuge for the sick and wounded Katipuneros after Andres Bonifacio staged the First Cry of Balintawak.

g. GOMBURZA (demonetized P10) – Three martyred Filipino priests. Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora fought for the rights of Filipino clergy during the Spanish regime. Their martyrdom fanned the flames of revolutionary struggle for Philippine independence.

h. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino (P500) – The modern-day hero. The journalist-turned-politician who believed that “the Filipino is worth dying for,” and lived up to his word. His assassination on August 21, 1983 sparked nationalistic fervor that led to the bloodless 1986 EDSA People Power revolution, which toppled the 20-year dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.

i. Jose Abad Santos, Josefa Llanes Escoda and Vicente Lim (P1000) – Heroes martyred by the Japanese Armed Forces in World War II. Jose Abad Santos, former chief justice of the Supreme Court. Josefa Llanes Escoda, well-known advocate of women’s right of suffrage and founder of the Girls Scouts of the Philippines. Vicente Lim, commander of the 41st division, United States Armed Forces in the Philippines.

j. A scene from EDSA People Power I (P500) Exhibiting the Filipino’s love for peace and democracy, a young lady and a little boy offer flowers to armed soldiers in a gesture of reconciliation.

k. New Members of the Katipunan Signing with Blood (P10) – On the night of July 7, 1892, revolutionaries led by Andres Bonifacio met in secret at a house in Azcarraga. From this assembly was born the Kataastaasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, or Katipunan. With blood, they pledged allegiance to one another and to the cause of liberation.