Piloncitos
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Small cone-shaped pieces bearing on its crudely rounded bottom an inscription in early tagalog or Malayan script. Noted numismatist, Dr. Gilbert Perez, believed that the piloncitos were used in the Madjaphit Empire to which some parts of the Philippines were once included. Specimens of this currency form about 3/8 of an inch in diameter, werer found in a Chinese jar in Bagac, Bataan in 1927 and later in Mandaluyong, Rizal also ina buried jarImage type: OriginalMedia format: With prints
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Specific Subjects | SS01200 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | SS01200 |
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SS01197 Oton Ming figurines | SS01198 Chinese jarlets | SS01199 Ching saucer | SS01200 Piloncitos | SS01201 Piloncitos | SS01202 Coins | SS01203 Tektites |
Small cone-shaped pieces bearing on its crudely rounded bottom an inscription in early tagalog or Malayan script. Noted numismatist, Dr. Gilbert Perez, believed that the piloncitos were used in the Madjaphit Empire to which some parts of the Philippines were once included. Specimens of this currency form about 3/8 of an inch in diameter, werer found in a Chinese jar in Bagac, Bataan in 1927 and later in Mandaluyong, Rizal also ina buried jar.
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