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tanso…(copper)  

it’s thursday and that means litratong pinoy day… this week’s theme is tanso (copper)…

 

the different current circulating philippine coins

if i haven’t stepped on wiki, i would have not know that all of our coins is somehow made up of copper.  so for this week’s theme, i picked the coins as subject…

 

here’s the table from bangko central on how much copper each coin has…

Denomination

 

Metallic

Color

Diameter

Weight

Shape/Edge

10-Piso

  Copper-Nickel Aluminum Bronze White Yellow 26.5 8.7 Round/Interrupted Serration
5-Piso 70% copper, 5.5% nickel, 24.5% zinc Pale Yellow 27 7.7 Round/ Plain (design bordered by 12-scallop)
1-Piso 75% copper
25% nickel
Grayish White 24 6.1 Round/Reeded
25-Sentimo 65% copper
35% zinc
Yellow 20 3.8 Round/ Plain
10-Sentimo   6% copper
balance steel
Copper Red 17 2.5 Round/Reeded
5-Sentimo 6% copper
balance steel
Copper Red 15.5 1.9 Round/Plain (with 4 mm central hole)
1-Sentimo   6% copper balance steel Copper Red 15.5 2.0 Round/Plain

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September 4th, 2008 at 1:16 am

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  1. syempre pa ..maganda na ang announcement post…maganda pa rin ang sariling lahok:) happy Litrato Lino!

    ces

    4 Sep 08 at 1:33 am

  2. wow talaga naman ha! kompleto sa impormasyon! magaleng!! gandang araw ^_~

    ettey

    4 Sep 08 at 2:32 am

  3. Bakit ako madaya eh ikaw nga hindi nagbigay ng pasalubong, grrr!! Alam mo naman addy ko sa Holland eh, he he! TY syempre kahit hindi tayo nag abot pa! Next year pag bumalik ka ng Davao, kasama na ako! Punta din tayo sa Bacolod o Cebu, uncle! By that time, D3 na gamit mo :)

    At syempre, galing ng compositions mo sa 2 entries, idol talaga, hmpft!

    Thess

    4 Sep 08 at 2:43 am

  4. salamat ces…
    magandang araw ettey…
    auntie, akala ko kse mag-aabot pa tayo eh… nawa’y magdilang anghel ka regrading sa D3, ok na ko sa D300 or D90… :)

    Lino

    4 Sep 08 at 3:29 am

  5. Lots and lots of copper importation, I bet!

    I posted mine a day earlier but was so busy I was late in entering my link.

    Dr Emer

    4 Sep 08 at 3:55 am

  6. Mas mahal pa ang inilagay sa mga cions kesa sa value nito :D

    Me singing ako, gawa sa tinunaw na gitna ng 10 peso coins :)

    julie

    4 Sep 08 at 4:43 am

  7. coins sus, mali sfelling

    julie

    4 Sep 08 at 4:44 am

  8. nahomesick ako pagkakita ng mga barya ng pilipinas. :( ganda ng litrato as usual! :D

    Munchkin Mommy: Kutis Tanso
    Mapped Memories: Mga Tansong Paglililok

    Munchkin Mommy

    4 Sep 08 at 5:17 am

  9. Ako rin komunsulta rin sa Wikipedia!!!! para masali ko ito http://aussietalks.com/2008/09/litratong-pinoy-tanso.html

    Joyd

    4 Sep 08 at 5:48 am

  10. dati, marami ka ng mabibili sa singko… ngayon, meron pa ba? :(

    Dyes

    4 Sep 08 at 5:51 am

  11. di ko talaga naisip etong barya :( copper ang ginagamit sa barya kasi hindi sya “magnetic” :)

    Masayang LP Huwebes sa inyo.
    eto po ang aking lahok.

    Jay

    4 Sep 08 at 8:42 am

  12. isang dagdag sa kaalaman. salamat!

    Mayet

    4 Sep 08 at 9:07 am

  13. Ang galing ng pagkakakuha sa coins…

    Eto ang akin
    http://etc-atbp.com/2008/09/bente-singko/

    Mitch

    4 Sep 08 at 2:24 pm

  14. Ang galing ng pagka kuha! Happy LP:)

    Yen

    4 Sep 08 at 2:54 pm

  15. ang ganda ng photo mo G. Lino. I am amaze (lagi naman) :)

    happy LP

    jeanny

    4 Sep 08 at 3:59 pm

  16. pareho tayong coins, isteytsayd lang ang sa akin :)

    Meeya

    4 Sep 08 at 5:23 pm

  17. nice photo and great trivia!

    lidie

    5 Sep 08 at 2:23 am

  18. Wala akong masabi sa shot kundi, anggaling! At sinamahan mo pa ng coin info. Galing ng konsepto. *clap, clap*

    zamejias

    6 Sep 08 at 12:47 am

  19. maraming salamat po…

    Lino

    6 Sep 08 at 4:35 am

  20. paumanhin sahuling pagbisita…ako po’y naglipat bahay :) kay daming inpormasyon ng iyong akda…na miss ko na din ang mga coins na iyan.

    Reflexes

    10 Sep 08 at 1:51 pm

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