The Department of Foreign Affairs’ ASEAN Affairs (DFA-ASEAN) reported that the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) issued for public circulation 50-peso commemorative bills bearing the ASEAN logo.

The limited-edition bills, numbering only 10 million pieces, commemorate this year’s 45th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN), which is composed of 10 Member States: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

In 1967, the Philippines became one of the five proud founding members of ASEAN, together with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

The issuance of the commemorative bills aims to promote greater public awareness of ASEAN in preparation for the ASEAN Community in 2015.*