A while ago, I sold a majority of my small collection of world coins so I could focus on US issues. They were nothing special, just an accumulation of things I had picked up casually. But before I sold the world coins, I pulled out a few tokens and other things that caught my eye, and among them were two Filipino coins that also said "The United States of America." I set them aside and forgot about them.:rollling: Now, today I decided to pick them up and take a look in the Red Book, and sure enough, they were in there. And to my delight, one of them was silver! This one is a 1945D 20 centavo piece that's 75% silver! It's not much, but it has 0.0965 oz ASW, which is more than a dime. Totally made my night! Here's a photo. (Sorry for the poor scans...) And in case you were wondering, the other coin was a 1944S One Centavo - just some copper.
Oh, and I was wondering if anyone else collects US Philippines Issues. I haven't seen to much on here or heard anything about them. It seems to me like a "back of the book" kind of niche (to borrow a stamp collecting term.)
We's got's to introduce you to jhinton, one of the most preeminent authority's on Philippine coins on the forum......
Yeah, I got a few but I don't have any pics except for this one I sold last week. The twenty cent and fifty cent pieces are the ones to keep I mean all are nice but the twenty cent piece is soon gonna be scarce because everyone I know is stashing and keeping them. :thumb:
This is my kind of thread! I'm currently busy at the FUN show but I will post some picks later. Beautiful coins!
Not in the '03-'45 time frame most collectors of this series consider 'Philippine' but still a neat piece in my estimation.......
I really like the U.S. Philippines issues. I know I've posted her a few times, but this one is my fave
I had the privelege of going through someone's 'box of coins' and grabbed this one. I don't believe it is silver or worth anything, but I thought it was a neat coin to add to my collection.
1911-S UNC Details, Tough coin to find problem free in higher grades. 1915-S Twenty Centavos PCGS AU55, Key date.
1912-S Peso AU details. also a tough coin to find in a higher grade. Most are cleaned. The King of the US Philippine series, the 1906-S Peso. This coin is now sitting a PCGS EF45 holder. This is a rare coin.
