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.{{cite news |url=http://topicalphilippines.com/Buildings/University_of_Santo_Thomas.html |title=University of Santo Tomas |website=Topical Philippines |access-date=November 17, 2024}}
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=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.
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=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.
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=Order of the Dominicans in the Philippines 400th Anniversary of 1987=
The stamp features the painting that depicts the foundation of the university.
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=UST Graduate School 50th Anniversary of 1988=
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=Liberation of UST of 1995=
=Santo Tomas University Hospital 50th Anniversary of 1996=
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=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.{{cite web |url=https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/581655-Philippine_Historical_Places_During_Rizals_Life-7th_Asean_Int_Philatelic_Exhibition_Aseanpex_96-Philippines |title=Philippine Historical Places During Rizal's Life |website=Colnect |access-date=November 23, 2024}}
=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.
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=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.{{cite news |url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/postal-service-issues-john-paul-ii-stamps/18692 |title=Postal service issues John Paul II stamps |website=Union of Catholic Asian News |access-date=November 26, 2024}}
=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.{{cite news |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2010/11/22/631841/maestro-vicente-manansala-exhibit-ust-museum |title=Maestro Vicente Manansala exhibit at the UST Museum |website=The Philippine Star |date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=January 8, 2024}}
Banknote
The Tongues of Fire, the UST Quadricentennial logo is featured as an overprint in the 200-peso note.{{cite news |url=https://www.bsp.gov.ph/SitePages/CoinsAndNotes/CommemorativeNotes.aspx# |title=400th Anniversary of the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) |website=Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |access-date=November 17, 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.numismatics.ph/banknotes/commemorative/2011-200-piso-ust-400.html |title=2011 200 Piso UST 400 Commemorative Banknote |website=Numismatics Philippines|access-date=November 17, 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note225416.html |title=200 Piso Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas |website=Numista|access-date=November 17, 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://banknotenews.com/?p=14263 |title=Philippines new 200-peso University of Santo Tomas commemorative note (B1065a) confirmed |website=BanknoteNews |access-date=November 17, 2024}}
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.{{cite news |url=https://varsitarian.net/news/20120507/back_on_q |title=Back on ‘Q’ |website=The Varsitarian| date=May 7, 2012| access-date=January 2, 2025}}