1959: The 200 and 500 peso notes were withdrawn from circulation on December 31, 1959, pursuant to Philippine Republic Act No. 1516.[3]
2002: New Design series, The two hundred peso denomination was not included in the Pilipino and Ang Bagong Lipunan series. The denomination however was reintroduced in June 12, 2002 coinciding with the 17th anniversary of the New Design Series, when the series' notes was then currently being circulated. The note features the portrait of
Diosdado P. Macapagal, the 9th President of the Philippines. The obverse also features the
Aguinaldo Shrine, where
Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the country's independence in 1898, on the lower right corner. The reverse features a scene from
EDSA II, with
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Macapagal's daughter, being sworn in as
president by Chief Justice
Hilario Davide Jr. in January 2001. The color of the note is predominantly green. This marks the return of Aguinaldo Shrine on a banknote after the printing of the
five peso note (which is also colored green) was stopped seven years earlier in 1995 (although the banknote continued to be seen commonly in circulation from 1995 to 2004 and rarely from 2004 until the New Design Series' demonetization in January 3, 2018).
2010: New Generation series, The portrait of Diosdado P. Macapagal was revised, the Arroyo oathtaking was moved from the reverse to the lower left of the obverse with the
Aguinaldo Shrine at the background and the
Barasoain Church was added on the lower middle. The reverse now features the
Chocolate Hills and the
Philippine tarsier.[4]
2017: An updated version of the New Generation series 200 piso banknote was issued with several changes, notably replacing the images of the
Aguinaldo Shrine and the
Barasoain Church on the front with scenes of the Declaration of Philippine Independence and the opening of the Malolos Congress respectively. Also changed for this issue are the font size of the year of issue and the italicization of the scientific name on the reverse.[5]
2020: In 2020, an "enhanced" version of the 200 peso New Generation Currency banknote was released. It added color-changing indigenous patterns to the security threads. Also, six tactile marks were placed for the elderly and the visually impaired, three tactile marks were placed on the extreme left and right side of the front of the note.
2022: The new BSP logo, which was redesigned in January 2021 was adopted in all NGC banknotes starting with the 2022 issued banknotes featuring the signatures of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and BSP Governor Felipe Medalla.
Version history
English Series (1951)
New Design/BSP Series (2002–2013)
New Generation Currency Series (2010–present)
Obverse
Reverse
Commemorative issues
60 years of Central Banking commemorative bill - On July 9, 2009, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas introduced 12 million banknotes (2 million banknotes for each denomination) with an overprint commemorating 60 years of central banking. The overprint appears on the watermark area on all six circulating denominations.
UST Quadricentennial commemorative bill - Unveiled before the press conference held on January 21, 2011,
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) issued commemorative 200-peso bills with the
Quadricentennial logo (Tongues of Fire) of the
University of Santo Tomas (UST) overprinted on it. BSP released two-billion-pesos (10 million notes) worth of these 200-peso bills—in general circulation and legal tender. In addition, the central bank also released 400 copies of uncut two-piece 200-peso bills (amounting to
PhP 400.00).[6]