1945 S Philippine Fifty Centavos

I have always wanted one of these Philippine coins. It counts as US, right? I happened to see this one listed on ebay for a reasonable price and thought it might be something special.

She just came in today and wow. This coin glows and has a near flawless mint luster.

I really dont know much about these. But thought I would attempt to share some photos:

 

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Fine pickup..........

 

Nice coin. I'd like to have that one.

 

Nice coin and grade...I've always have included a 1 peso with my US dollar type set the reverse eagle and shield one of my favorite designs.

 

Pretty coin.

 

Amazing. If it looks so good in the photo, I can only imagine how lustrous it must be in real life.

I've got one of these handed down to me and while I was doing research on it, I discovered something really interesting about the reverse design. May I share it with you? The reverse represents the United States helping to rebuild the Philippines. U.S. is represented by Lady Liberty; rebuilding is represented by the Hammer and Anvil; the Philippines is represented by Mt. Mayon in the background. (A bit of trivia for ya. LOL.)

 

That’s terrific, thank you

 

One of my favorite series. Nice find.

 

Really nice coin.

 

I like these. I really really like the ones that had the prior reverse which I think is about as nice of a reverse that has ever been made.