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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Honolulu Dick, post: 898461, member: 24745&quot;]Agree with the favorite status of your beautiful coin.&nbsp; I&#039;m plugging away at a theme collection of Liberty coins.&nbsp; ANY and ALL Liberty images or personification thereof.&nbsp; Have the large, silver dollar-size, one peso coin, dated 1907.&nbsp; My 10 and 20 centavos coins are both dated 1917.&nbsp; This was a series wherein all denominations showed the same imagery.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The symbolism depicted is quite striking, making this coin so attractive.&nbsp; There is the national icon, the Mount Mayon volcano, belching smoke in the background.&nbsp; It is considered to be the most active volcano in the Philippines and is known for its almost perfect cone-shape.&nbsp; Eruptions are &quot;explosive&quot; in nature, shooting fine ash and ash-laden gasses skyward, causing massive cauliflower-shaped clouds to form.&nbsp; Destruction results from the ash burying life where it falls, rather than having the volcano blowing itself apart and having lava flowing all over the place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Standing is Libertad [Liberty], with hammer in hand and resting on an anvil.&nbsp; This portrays Libertad having broken the chain of bondage to Spain, freeing her people to become self-governing.&nbsp; As stated, this was a series of coins that were struck following the close of the Spanish-American war, where &quot;the brave and the free&quot; sent Spain packing, tail between hind legs.&nbsp; Teddy Roosevelt declared the Philippines to be &quot;pacified&quot; in 1902.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trust that some day you will be fortunate enough to acquire the bigger, one peso coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s truly a beauty![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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