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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 4512799, member: 33176&quot;]&quot;The advance on the Philippines by Japanese forces in 1942 prompted removal of much of the Treasury&#039;s bullion to the United States.&nbsp; More than 15 million pesos&#039; worth of silver remained, mostly in the form of one-peso pieces of 1907 through 1912 and the ill-fated 1936 commemoratives.&nbsp; These pieces were hastily crated and dumped into Manila&#039;s Caballo Bay to prevent their capture.&nbsp; Partially recovered after the war, the coins were badly corroded from their exposure to seawater, adding further to the scarcity of high-grade prewar silver coins.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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