a little over a half ounce silver and pretty much free i have no ideal how to grade this for a accurate value
It looks like you have a lot of parallel lines running down both sides of your coin, indicating some sort of abrasive cleaning. I have heard that the vast majority of Philippine pesos from the US sovereignty period are harshly cleaned as a result of environmental damage arising from being hidden in the sea to prevent their capture by the Japanese, then subsequent amateurish efforts to scrub them after they were recovered. I have two of them, and they are both cleaned like yours. And all of the ones that I see at coin shows in Tokyo are also harshly cleaned.
yeah i see that now if most of them are cleaned then how can they be graded you would think that uncleaned vesions in lower grades would cost alot more then they do. or do the books grade them being cleaned
They are like any other coin. If cleaned it would receive a details grade. Price guides don't normally show prices for problem coins because every coin is different. The bigger the problem the lower the price. It's tough to put a price on coins like this.
The 1907-S is one of the most common pesos available in lower grades. A retail price of your coin would be in the $25-$35 dollar range. The printed book prices for US philippine coins are all outdated and many are extremely low. If you notice, the Krause, redbook, black-book, Lyman Allen's 6th edition of US Philippine Coins and the new 7th edition done by Tom Culhane all have the same exact prices listed. I am currently working on a book for US Philippine coins that I envision will solve some of the discrepancies.
thank you for your info i know its a common date i realy want a 1903-1906 minus the 06 because of its cost. i look forward to reading your book
