The Security Plant Complex (SPC)
The Security Plant Complex (SPC) was formally established on September 7, 1978 to safeguard the printing/minting/refining, issuance, distribution and durability of coins, banknotes, gold bars, government official receipts, lottery tickets, internal revenue stamps, passports, seaman identification record books, strip stamps, official documents, registration certificates, Torrens titles, treasury warrants, stocks and bonds, government contracts, ration coupons, official ballots, election return forms, checks and other security printing or minting jobs of the Philippine government. Later on, printing of official ballots and other public documents were transferred to the National Printing Office (NPO) pursuant to Executive Order No. 285 issued on July 25, 1987. On August 4, 2003, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Administrative Order No. 79, it designates the SPC to be sole manufacturer of presidential medals and decorations.
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