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<p>[QUOTE="GM Cayzor, post: 1719860, member: 53100"]<b><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">United States Coinage for the PhilippineIslands: The Mysteries of 1907 – 1909 One Peso Proofs</font></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">By: </span><a href="http://www.collectors-society.com/PublicUserHome.aspx?PeopleID=42544" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectors-society.com/PublicUserHome.aspx?PeopleID=42544" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">JAAUSA/Philippines Collection</span></a></font></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Posted: 5/28/1980 8:15:37 PM | </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Today's Journal entry is about some mysteriesof the existence of 1907, 1908 and 1909 One Peso proofs of United Statescoinage for the Philippine Islands. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">When the U.S. Congress established the Standards for U.S. Philippine coins inMarch 1903 the price of silver was at an all time low. By 1905 rising silver prices brought the bullion value of Philippine silver coins to the level where they were beginning to disappear from circulation. On December 6, 1906 the U.S.Congress passed an Act "for the purpose of preventing the melting andexportation of the silver coins of the Philippine Islands as a result of the high price of silver". </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Under the new standards the silver One Pesocoin was reduced from 26.95 Grams (416 grains), of .900 fineness silver (ASW.7800 oz.) to 20.00 grams (308.64 grains), of .800 fineness silver (ASW .5144oz.). The size of the Peso was also reduced from 38 mm to 35 mm and will use the same obverse and reverse designs that were used on earlier Pesos. The OnePeso was designed by Filipino artist Melecio Figueroa. The obverse carries theinscriptions "One Peso" and "Filipinas" (Spanish forPhilippines). The reverse design depicts an eagle with spread wings perchedatop an American shield. The reverse carries the inscription "United Statesof America" and the date.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black">1907 was thefirst year of production for the “reduced size and weight” coins and </span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">whenU.S. mints had nearly replaced all of the Islands silver coinage; it was felt then that there were enough silver to make 1907 Proof Sets and with more silver content.“Trial Strikes” were made for different silver fineness, but further production and circulation was put on hold. So far only two species are known to exist,one 0.800<span style="color: black"> fineness and one 0.900 </span>fineness silver<span style="color: black">. </span> When Proof Set production resumed in 1908 until1909, all of the silver coins, were struck in the newly authorized reduced weight and fineness. Year 1909 was the last year of production for Philippine Proof coins and the last year that the reduced size and weight One Peso was struck in Proof. It’s interesting tonote that 1907 (P) and 1909 (P) One Peso are the only PROOF ISSUES that doesn’thave an official mint record while 1908 (P) has a mint record of 500 pieces.</span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">All business strikes of the Reduced Size and Weight One Peso were made at theSan Francisco Mint from 1907 through 1912 and have an "S" mint markon the reverse to the left of the date. The 1907, 1908 and 1909 One Peso Proofissue was struck at the Philadelphia Mint and has no Mint Mark.</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GM Cayzor, post: 1719860, member: 53100"][B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]United States Coinage for the PhilippineIslands: The Mysteries of 1907 – 1909 One Peso Proofs[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]By: [/COLOR][URL="http://www.collectors-society.com/PublicUserHome.aspx?PeopleID=42544"][COLOR=#0000ff]JAAUSA/Philippines Collection[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Posted: 5/28/1980 8:15:37 PM | [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Today's Journal entry is about some mysteriesof the existence of 1907, 1908 and 1909 One Peso proofs of United Statescoinage for the Philippine Islands. When the U.S. Congress established the Standards for U.S. Philippine coins inMarch 1903 the price of silver was at an all time low. By 1905 rising silver prices brought the bullion value of Philippine silver coins to the level where they were beginning to disappear from circulation. On December 6, 1906 the U.S.Congress passed an Act "for the purpose of preventing the melting andexportation of the silver coins of the Philippine Islands as a result of the high price of silver". [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Under the new standards the silver One Pesocoin was reduced from 26.95 Grams (416 grains), of .900 fineness silver (ASW.7800 oz.) to 20.00 grams (308.64 grains), of .800 fineness silver (ASW .5144oz.). The size of the Peso was also reduced from 38 mm to 35 mm and will use the same obverse and reverse designs that were used on earlier Pesos. The OnePeso was designed by Filipino artist Melecio Figueroa. The obverse carries theinscriptions "One Peso" and "Filipinas" (Spanish forPhilippines). The reverse design depicts an eagle with spread wings perchedatop an American shield. The reverse carries the inscription "United Statesof America" and the date.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]1907 was thefirst year of production for the “reduced size and weight” coins and [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]whenU.S. mints had nearly replaced all of the Islands silver coinage; it was felt then that there were enough silver to make 1907 Proof Sets and with more silver content.“Trial Strikes” were made for different silver fineness, but further production and circulation was put on hold. So far only two species are known to exist,one 0.800[COLOR=black] fineness and one 0.900 [/COLOR]fineness silver[COLOR=black]. [/COLOR] When Proof Set production resumed in 1908 until1909, all of the silver coins, were struck in the newly authorized reduced weight and fineness. Year 1909 was the last year of production for Philippine Proof coins and the last year that the reduced size and weight One Peso was struck in Proof. It’s interesting tonote that 1907 (P) and 1909 (P) One Peso are the only PROOF ISSUES that doesn’thave an official mint record while 1908 (P) has a mint record of 500 pieces. All business strikes of the Reduced Size and Weight One Peso were made at theSan Francisco Mint from 1907 through 1912 and have an "S" mint markon the reverse to the left of the date. The 1907, 1908 and 1909 One Peso Proofissue was struck at the Philadelphia Mint and has no Mint Mark.[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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