# University of Santo Tomas on stamps, banknote and coins

The University of Santo Tomas has appeared on Philippine postage stamps, a banknote, and commemorative coins and medals.

## Stamps
### UST 345th Anniversary of 1956

The 345th anniversary of the university is commemorated on the 5-centavo and 60-centavo stamps. The stamps feature the columns and the sprandel of the Arch of the Centuries and the UST Main Building.

### Rizal Centennial Stamps of 1961

The 5c stamp depicts the UST and Ateneo de Municipal campuses in Intramuros while Jose Rizal was still a student.

### UST Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Pharmacy 100th Anniversary of 1971

The 5-centavo and 2-peso Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and the Faculty of Pharmacy commemorative stamps were issued in 1971, on the centennial year of their foundation. The stamps feature the shield logos of the two faculties and the UST Main Building's tower.

### UST College of Science and College of Education 50th Anniversary of 1976

The College of Science and College of Education 50th anniversary was celebrated with 15-centavo and 50-centavo stamps in 1976. Both stamps feature their college logos.

### Order of the Dominicans in the Philippines 400th Anniversary of 1987

The stamp features the painting that depicts the foundation of the university.

### 7th Asean Int. Philatelic Exhibition (Aseanpex '96) of 1996

The 4-peso stamp depicts the UST building in Intramuros as part of the historical places during Jose Rizal's life.

### UST Quadricentennial Anniversary of 2011

The first set features the Benavides Monument and the Quattromondial. The second set features the UST Main Building, the Central Seminary, the Arch of the Centuries, and the 1911 painting, The Foundation of the University of Santo Tomas by Archbishop Benavides.

### Beatification of Pope John Paul II of 2011

The 2011 stamp features Pope John Paul II with the UST Main Building in the background. It depicts the beatification of the pope on May 1, 2011.

### UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery 150th Anniversary of 2022

The stamps that were released for the sesquicentennial anniversary of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery feature the 1958 History of Medicine mural frescoes of Vicente Manansala found in the lobby of the San Martin de Porres building. The first set includes the murals: St. Cosmas and St. Damian, Jesus Christ forgives and cures the paralytic, and the Founding of the UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery. The second set includes The first laparotomy in the Philippines and the Miraculous healings at Lourdes, France.

## Banknote

The Tongues of Fire, the UST Quadricentennial logo is featured as an overprint in the 200-peso note.

## Coins
### UST Quadricentennial Anniversary of 2011

The UST Alumni Association Inc. released three commemorative medallions made of nickel-brass alloy, silver-plated nickel-brass core, and 24K heavy gold-plated nickel-brass core. The medallion has an early design of the Thomasian Alumni Center on the reverse, and the UST Main Building and the Benavides Statue on the obverse. The design was made by UST College of Architecture and Fine Arts graduate Bayani Rumbaoa. He was the first Filipino to design the coins that were in circulation in the Philippines.
The university also issued two commemorative medals in gold and silver colors. The obverse shows the Miguel Benavides statue, the university name and its honorific titles, and the Latin words fides, spes, caritas (faith, hope, and love). The reverse shows the silhouette of the UST Main Building and the Tongues of Fire logo.