New (fake?) bank notes.

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Fake Philippine banknote design circulates online alongside fears democracy icons were 'erased'

 

AFP Philippines

Mon, December 20, 2021, 5:21 PM

As the latest polling in the Philippines put the son and namesake of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos as the current leader in the presidential race, a photo was shared thousands of times on Facebook that appeared to show portraits for late Filipino democracy icons had been replaced with an illustration of a small primate in a new 500 peso banknote design. The photo circulated online after the Philippine central bank showcased a new 1,000 Philippine peso note design featuring an eagle instead of Filipino war heroes -- prompting concerns that history was being revised. But the purported banknote shared in Facebook posts has been manipulated to include the small primate; it was created in 2017 by a Russia-based artist, who told AFP he did not create the design for the Philippine central bank.

The image was posted here on Facebook on December 12, 2021. It has been shared more than 11,000 times.

The post's caption claims the image shows new banknotes from the Philippine central bank -- known in the Southeast Asian country as the "Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas" or "BSP".

It reads: "THE Official Release of BSP in APRIL 2022".

The purported image of the new 500 peso note includes an illustration of a tarsier -- a small primate native to Southeast Asia -- instead of Filipino democracy icons former president Corazon Aquino and her husband Benigno Aquino Jr.

It was shared alongside a genuine design for a new 1,000 peso note that features a Philippine eagle, replacing images of Filipino war heroes.

Local media Inquirer.net reported that this prompted concerns in early December that images of late democracy icons would also be replaced.

A screenshot of the misleading post taken on December 20, 2021

The post contains a reference -- "AQUINO LEFT THE GROUP!" -- to the political rivalry between the Aquinos and the family of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Both former president Corazon Aquino and her husband Benigno were opponents of Marcos. The couple's son -- former president Benigno Aquino III -- had been a vocal critic of incumbent Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr -- son and namesake of the late dictator -- is the frontrunner to replace Duterte in 2022 according to a recent survey.

Sara Duterte-Carpio -- daughter of Duterte -- has been announced as Marcos Jr's running mate, cementing the alliance between the two powerful families.

The images of the banknotes were shared in similar Facebook posts here, here, and here.

Some social media users appeared to believe the 500 Philippine peso banknote design was genuine.

"This is better than the image of the fake heroes!" one Facebook user wrote.

"Congratulations BSP, Salute to the people who made this great reform," another one commented.

But the posts are misleading.

The Philippine central bank said it did not issue the design for the 500 Philippine peso banknote shown in the posts.

"The P500 with tarsier illustration is fake news. It’s part of disinformation campaigns by some vested interests," the Philippine central bank's Governor Benjamin Diokno told AFP.

A reverse image search found the tarsier illustration was originally uploaded on Shutterstock by Russia-based vector artist Evgeny Turaev.

Turaev told AFP he was not commissioned by the Philippine central bank to create the design.

"I drew this image in November 2017," he told AFP on December 20. "The Philippine Central Bank has not contacted me."

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fake-philippine-banknote-design-circulates-012152994.html

[graham59]

A good illustration of the nonsense and stupidity permeating our wonderful new internet social media 'knowledge base'. 

It is best used for something genuinely of benefit to humankind... IMO.

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[Major Tom]

The fake ones look a lot nicer than the real designs for Philippine Bank Notes. 

[JJReyes]

Changing currency design too often is not a good idea.  Some immediately think that the older designs have been or will be demonetized.  They try to get rid of them.  Others believe the new design is being introduced to "flush out" hidden currency stored "under the mattress" so to speak.  Personally, I like the idea of featuring native birds and animals rather than past politicians.  

[Major Tom]

1 hour ago, JJReyes said:

Personally, I like the idea of featuring native birds and animals rather than past politicians.