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Experts: Errors fill new peso bank notes 12/20/2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

Experts: Errors fill new peso bank notes

12/20/2010
Errors are proving to be a hallmark under President Aquino.

After the tourism slogan debacle that resulted in the resignation of a key Department of Tourism official, now comes geographically-challenged Philippine maps and a rare parrot with the wrong-colored beak that were among glaring errors in new editions of peso bills that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas recently rolled out.

The new-generation bank notes, rolled out earlier this month and containing the signature of President Aquino who took office this year, bombed spectacularly in the graphics department, critics said.

The reverse side of the new P500 bill features a rare native bird, the blue-naped parrot, with its red beak incorrectly rendered in yellow and the tail feathers underneath colored green instead of yellow.

A map on the bill, which also carries portraits of Aquino’s late parents, mislocates Saint Paul’s, a subterranean river that is designated as a United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) world heritage site..... MORE

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