Cashaysayan: A History of Philippine Money

Description English • Ages 9 to 99! • 2017 • 6 x 7.5 • 176 pages • ISBN: 978-621-422-007-6   Written by Michelline Suarez, Joonee Garcia, Divine Reyes Illustrated by Benjor Catindig   Some people say that “money talks.” We agree! Our coins and bills tell us a lot about what is special about our country and people. In this book we give you the bottom line on how money was invented, how it came to our shores, how it’s made, and why it looks the way it does. Hang on, as we SHOW YOU THE MONEY–and get to know who and what’s in your wallet.   “𝘈 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺!” – BPI Foundation “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.” – Xiao Chua, public historian