The document summarizes the evolution of currency in the Philippines, from gaining independence after World War 2 and using overprinted treasury certificates, to establishing the Central Bank of the Philippines in 1949 and issuing English series notes and coins minted in the US. It then discusses the Filipinization of coins and paper money beginning in the late 1960s, along with new series of notes and coins issued over the decades carrying new designs and logos. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas now acts as the custodian of the country's numismatic heritage.