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Act No. 696 Section 1

Act No. 696 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. With the approval of the Secretary of War there may be coined under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury by the mints in the United States two million silver Philippine pesos per month, of the weight of four hundred and sixteen grains each, with a standard such that of one thousand parts by weight nine hundred shall be of pure silver and one hundred of copper alloy, under and by virtue of section two of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act relating to currency for the Philippine Islands," approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, and said monthly coinage of two million silver Philippine pesos may continue with the approval of the Secretary of War until there shall have been corned twenty-four millions of said pesos.

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CitationAct No. 696 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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