
Mr. Romeo MananQuil, the banknote’s designer himself, noted in his site
that in the late 1985, his 500-peso Marcos bill was slated for
production. However, when a snap election was scheduled, the circulation
of the newly printed bills was put on hold in deference to the law
against electioneering as Marcos.
"President Corazon Aquino soon ordered the redesign of the bill to
honour her husband, Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino whose 1983 slaying...