Hey guys, Here I have 2 coins that I've had for quite a while now. I classified them as "foreign" a while back and through them in my foreign bad. Anyways, a couple days ago I was going through these foreign coins (canadian circ finds for fun, pesos, etc, yes I collect all foreign for fun) and I noticed on 2 of my coins that they said "The United States of America" and "1931" and the other year is "1934" with the famous eagle design on them. So of course, I took them out of that pile to go put them in my "cents" bag. Then, I noticed the back was in a foreign, most likely Philopeno (sp?). The back reads "One Centavo" and "Filipinas"? This is where I got totally stumped ... Well, heres the pictures, any info on them, maybe what they're worth, and the history on them would be most helpful . No matter what I do to make the lighting conditions better to take more of worthy pictures, nothing seem's to work because its dark out but if it turns out that you guys don't recognize the coins right away and need to see better detailing, I'll use the natural light of tomorrow morning to get good pics.
The Philippines were ceded to the United States by Spain in 1898 and, with the exception of a couple of years during World War II, remained under the sovereignty of the US until 1946.
I guess you could say that. The Philippine currency of that time was designed to be compatible with the old Spanish coinage, yet redeemable for United States currency as well. By the way, it looks like the Philippines were ceded in 1899, rather than 1898 as I had previously written.
This is a good assortment of similar coinage: http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Phillipi...208?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336cc80630
From 1903-1947, some of the Philippine coinage was struck by the US at San Francisco and Denver (1944-1945), and that is why you will see these coins with USofA on the reverse. Chris
I believe you'll find that all Philippine coins minted from 1903 to 1941, and again from 1944-45, carry the names of both countries regardless of where they were minted (including at Manila) because the Philippines were under the sovereignty of the United States during those years. The 1947 MacArthur commemoratives, which were minted after Philippine independence, do not carry the name of the United States, even though they were minted in San Francisco and carry the S mintmark.
Correct! I should have been more specific. I should have also pointed out that no coinage was produced by the US for the years 1942 & 1943 when the Philippines was under the control of Japan. Chris
