I love u.s.- philippines silver coins dated before 1945

I paid $3.00 for the coin. The peso went for $9. I wasn't sure how valuable these were so I stopped bidding. I have not seen one since. I should have kept bidding, but the guy who I lost to seemed a bit more determined that I was.

 

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wow. $3.00. that's cheap. i saw the price as high as $8.00 for BU and $12.00 for GEM BU.

 

This one is not all that old but it only cost 50 cents years ago.
I'm not even sure it's real but I loved the design.

 

to idhair: show us more pictures of philippine coinage.

 

Wish I could. I have a few others but no images ready.
I''ll try working on them this weekend.

 

to idhair: good. we will wait for those pictures.

 

Well, it's not much but this is the rest of my little collection.
I picked them up one at a time over the past 40 years. Total cost $12.

 

very nice pictures. thanks.

 

I love this series as well, I have a practically-complete set. (Missing only a few keys!)

Let's crank it up a bit, eh?

1904 10 centavo, key


1918 S mule, key


Obverses of the 1936 commemorative set



Reverses of 1936 commemoratives



1920 Woodrow Wilson medal, commemorating the opening of the Manila mint

Lots of these are sea salvaged. During World War 2, the contents of the Philippine Treasury were dumped into Manila Bay to prevent the Japanese from easily recovering them. I think they have more history than the high grade ones. Also, I have a 1903 proof 1/2 centavo and a 1904 proof centavo, no pics unfortunately.

 

anyone have more pictures of u.s.- philippine coinage?. show it here. thanks.

 

from my collection

 

wow. that's a good one.

 

i like chasva69 1923 one centavo. also from another thread. i like collector1966 1945 fifty centavos.

 

I'm glad you like my 50 centavos. And you are right, chasva69's one centavo piece is very nice.


(Link to picture of 50 centavos)
http://www.cointalk.com/forum/members/collector1966/albums/367/5823/

 

here's the obverse of mine.

 

That's a really nice coin. I need to find one like that for my US-Philippine collection

 

i am so jealous about that coin. i wish i have one like yours.

 

I have a few US-Phillipines coins too. They are not worth much but are hard to find.

 

Elaine, these were the first two Philippino/US coins that I received a few years ago. I started collecting them a few years ago because a good friend of mine was Philippino and that was my kooky way of honoring him. But getting Philippino/US coins in WV is kinda tough. I have a few more that I will post that I have come across over the years.

 

I got this one in a junk bin. I have only one more philippino coin but it is more modern. I don't have it photographed so I can't post it.