Volunteers arrange coins during an attempt to break the world record of the longest line of coins at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Thursday, as part of BAngko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ project dubbed, the "power of small change". NIÑO JESUS ORBETA/INQUIRER
The Philippines believes it has broken the Guinness World Record for having laid out the longest line of coins of the same denomination Thursdday, when it completed a 73.02-kilometer line of 25-centavo coins.
The previous record was 64.88 km held by the United States.
Organizers of the coin-gathering and-laying out event, called the “Barya ng mga Bayani (Coins of Heroes): The Power of Small Change,” said 3.651 million 25-centavo coins were used to make the 73-km stretch. The coins were laid out in front of the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.
A kilometer required 50,000 pieces, according to the organizers, composed of the Kabayanihan Foundation, the BSP Employees Association and the BSP Officers Club.
The measurement of the line of coins was confirmed by independent geodetic engineer Eric Medrano.
Video and other types of documentation will be submitted to the Guinness World Record office in London in the next few days.