PHILIPPINES' DOUBLE IMAGE COINS Doodling time again! I have a few Philippines silver Pesos and Pisos as well as a 1935-M (my birthyear) Ten Centavos coin. While looking up their statistics in my Krause World Coins 1901 - 2000, I noticed some Philippines' coins feature two images on them. Being in a bored mood, I decided to fill my time by finding those Double Image coins and sharing my findings with you. My quest was aided by Don's World Coin Gallery who provided the images. Want to see what I discovered? Keep reading. The first three Double Image examples were minted in 1936 and bear the images of Roosevelt and Quezon. The coins commemorate the agreement brokered by Roosevelt and Quezon in 1935 letting the Philippines become a Commonwealth Nation. As you will see when viewing the reverses of these three coins, they bear the United States Administration coat of arms. They were minted by the San Francisco Mint. The first coin is a 27.5mm silver (0.2411 oz. ASW) 50 Centavos with Roosevelt and Quezon facing each other. 20,000 were made for collectors: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...176 50 Cents (1936) &query=Philippines km 176 The next coin I found is the 1936 35mm (crown-sized) silver (0.5787 oz. ASW) One Peso Commonwealth Commemorative with the conjoined busts of Roosevelt and Quezon on the obverse. This is Variety 1 with the date of Commonwealth ("NOV. 13, 1935") above the busts. 10,000 were minted for collectors: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...Roosevelt and Quezon&query=Philippines Qeuzon Our next coin is the 1936 Variety 2 One Peso (same stats as V 1). The difference between the two varieties is the placement of the Commonwealth date. The date is behind the conjoined heads instead of above the heads. One other thing of note is, though 50 Centavos coins were struck after 1936 (1944 and 1945), no One Peso coins were struck after 1936. 10,000 1936s were struck : http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...km178 1 Peso (1936) &query=Philippines km 178 It wasn't until 1970 that another Philippines coin was issued bearing two images. In fact there are three different compositions of that coin. No differences in design. The coin (Piso) was struck to commemorate Pope Paul VI's visit to the Philippines. Marcos adorns the obverse. Pope Paul VI graces the reverse: Composition 1 - 38.3mm Nickel w/70,000 issued. Composition 2 - 38.3mm Silver (0.7653 oz. ASW) w/30,000 produced. Composition 3 - 38.3mm Gold (0.5690 oz. AGW) w/1,000 made. http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...70) Pope Paul VI Visit&query=Philippines Pope Our next example is a bimetal Ten Piso coin minted from 1993 to date. It measures 26.5mm and has a Brass center within a Copper-Nickel ring. The coin features Mobini and Bonifacio on the obverse within the confines of the center above the issue date which was struck on the ring of the coin. As this coin was struck to commemorate the establishment of the Sentral Bank in 1993, the Bank's seal (circle and gear design) occupies the center of yhe reverse with the date of its establishment (1993) at bottom: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...ini and Bonifacio&query=Philippines Bonifacio Did you enjoy my doodling? Clinker
Admittedly I don't know much about Philippines coinage, but the Roosevelt portraits on the first and third coins looked a little strange to me. Now the guy on the second piece, that could be FDR as I know him from the US dime. So I looked that up, and my catalog says that the man next to Quezón is US governor Frank Murphy. Would that make sense? Christian
Thanks Christian... You gave me something to do...AND YOU ARE RIGHT! That first Peso commemorative bears conjoined busts of Govener Murphy and Quezon. Clinker
Very good information. I can now add a coin or two to my want list. After US Coins and Currency, my next major classification I collect is Territorial Coins and Currency. I have some postage regarding these locations as well. Your information about the Peso's last mintage, will make me pursue this coin for that reason. Since both BEP and the Mint are so heavily apart of their monetary history, it's a natural to expand into this field from US collecting.
High saltysam-1: Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing your collecting interests...:high5:... Clinker
