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Piloncitos: Leslie Paulyn Datulayta Ix - St. Peter
Piloncitos: Leslie Paulyn Datulayta Ix - St. Peter
IX – ST. PETER
PILONCITOS
They are the first recognized
coinage in the Pre-colonial
Philippines, circulated between
the 9th and 12th century. They
emerged when increasing trade
made barter incovenient. It was
made of crude rounded gold
coin with flat sides with diameter
of about three eights of an inch.