2016 Philippine Commemorative Revolutionary GENERAL ARTEMIO RICARTE  Coin

25 mm, nickel

150th birth anniversary of General Artemio Ricarte.

The Central Bank released the coin "to preserve history through our currency."

Hailing from Batac, Ilocos Norte, General Artemio Ricarte was born on October 20, 1866. When he joined the Katipunan, he adopted the nom-de-guerre Vibora (Viper). He was named brigadier general in General Emilio Aguinaldo’s army and elected capital general of the Filipino army at the Tejeros Convention, a rank which corresponds to the present chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. During the Filipino-American War, he was banished to Guam together with Apolinario Mabini. General Ricarte refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States, so he was deported to Hong Kong. He eventually lived in self-exile in Japan for 25 years. Then he flew back to the Philippines to help Japan in the pacification movement. When the Japanese forces retreated to the mountain province where they made their last stand, General Ricarte followed them but caught dysentery. He died in 1945 in Kalinga, Mountain Province.

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