Money in the Philippines

I have always said that in the US our money is dull in appearance compared to other countries-here it is an adjustment to deal more in cash and was hard for me in the beginning with conversions and what was a reasonable price to pay for something-but the money is colorful.  Just wanted to share some pictures-last post of the day, I promise-go back and read the others and there will be more postings soon to catch everyone up on what we have been doing!  Love and miss all of you dear family and friends back home!

 The coins from left to right are sentinimos/centavos-a quarter of one peso-which is a very small amount-they are beginning to do away with these here.  Next is a one peso coin, a 5 peso coin, and a 10 peso coin (about 42 pesos is equal to $1)

These are the fronts and backs of the bills-20, 50, 100 peso bills are made-I just happened not to have any today-500 peso, and 1,000 bills.  The 1,000 peso bill is about $25.  Greg (the math nerd that he is) told me to drop a zero of a price in pesos and divide by 4 to get the price in dollars.  Often I do that, sometimes it's just easier to get out the calculator on my phone.  Another interesting fact here-Scott's unit on money in Math is all about American money because his book is an American published math textbook-that will be useful for some in his class and totally UN useful for the majority of them!