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

another from my collection (click to enlarge)

the 1903 Peso could've been better if not for the blemish on the reverse, upper left part. methinks it's corrosion. the slight toning was great though

 

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Here is the first Philippine coin I have found I thought it was a very cool design. picked it up in a small antique shop in S.W. Michigan while out riding the bikes on a Sunny Sunday afternoon Just thought I would share.
paid something like a buck and a quarter for it.

 

nice find stewart. i got a 1944s centavo too. but your is better condition.

 

Thank You Elaine,
Now that I found the one I have now I want to put together at least a year set of them.
I love the Peso's that were posted. Very cool looking series

 

What's wrong with the very last ones - those struck in 1945?

 

1945s were struck till 1957. very common.

 

Now I know you'll all be jealous of this. A pity with the sea damage, but that really makes it more interesting to me. Its one of the only medals struck by the Manila mint under US authority, commemorating the opening of the mint itself. Struck in bronze, silver, and two in gold.

 

In view of the lack of any mention in either the Red Book, Krause, or any internet site I can find, regarding post-independence minting of US/Phillipine coinage, I'd sure like to know your authority for that astounding claim!

 

you may contact the central bank of the philippines. the philippines starting their own from 1958 to present time. using their own logo and seal of the republic. all those coins minted from 1945 to 1957 were still using the 1945 design.

 

first philippine republic coin http://www.geocities.com/obscurecoins/p001.jpg

 

I see no mention of this in Neil Shafer's United States Territorial Coinage for the Philippine Islands. But this book is, of course, a little bit out of date. But, as all were struck at US mints, a quick check of the mint records should clear the question up.

 

i think you guys got me hooked. i bought a few of these beauties over the weekend. i got a 1907 and a 1908 centavo and i also picked up a few 1944 coins. i can post pictures when i get home from work:thumb:

 

As I said in another thread, I consider myself a novice with respect to US coinage, but I find it very difficult to believe either that

• Krause would routinely comment on restrikes and frozen dates (for example re: Maria Theresa thalers, some Thai coins, Chinese dollars, etc.), mention the Franklin Mint's brief production of Republic of Phillipine coins, and totally ignore 12 years of frozen date production of US/Phillipine coins after independence of the former possession, or
• The Red Book in its 7-1/2 page coverage of "Philippines Under Sovereignty of the U.S." would fail to mention that production, and say only

I'm open to being convinced, but it's going to take some strong authority.

 

Accidental double posting.

 

Just checked Basso's book (2nd ed.), no mention of 1944-45 coin designs being made using the same years over and over until the first philippine republic coin was launched in the late 50s

 

mintage: in million.

one centavo:
1937m - 15
1938m - 10
1939m - 6
1940m - 4
1941m - 5
1944s - 58

five centavos:
1937m - 2
1938m - 4
1941m - 2
1944 - 21
1944s -14
1945s -72

ten centavos:
1937m - 3
1938m - 3
1941m - 2
1944d - 31
1945d - 137

twenty centavos:
1937m - 2
1938m - 3
1941m - 1
1944d - 2
1945d- 82

fifty centavos:
1944s- 17
1945s- 18

s- san francisco mint, d denver mint, m manila mint

from 1946 to 1957. no coins being minted on those years. and every year on those years. you can get uncirculated rolls from the bank in huge quantities.

 

finally i got answer from philippine numismatic and antiquarian society regarding the 1944s and 1945s philippine coinage. here is the answer replied to me by filipinonumismatist.com

Based on my research, the US mint never released re-strikes of 1944 - 45 coins. In fact, theses were not even released to the public due to the sudden declaration of Philippine Independence in 1946, the reason why most of these coins can still be found in uncirculated condition. The US mint otherwise produced coins for the Philippines dating 1946 using the same design however, all were melted except for an unconfirmed report that some staffs of the mint received samples for souvenirs though, not a single coin had surfaced for the past 50 years.

 

logo of central bank of the philippines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BSPSeallogo.jpeg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CBPOriginal.jpeg

 

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p100329.htm&no=08

 

Elaine are you originally from the Philippines? or just living/working there temporarily now?