Philippine silver peso under u.s. administration

Morgan,
I can give you these stats if you still need them. Let me know which coins. I have the Basso book.

 

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Here's mine that I have along w/ my 1909 U.S. Mint Set... I view these as U.S. coins that should be included since the Philippines were U.S. territory at the time, the coins say United States of America on them and they were minted in San Francisco. The pics aren't the best, need to take my own photos of this one... PCGS AU58:



Would love to find a nice MS 1909-S Centavo

 

very nice 0.78 oz silver peso. yes, they should included in the territorial quarter. or make a special half dollar commemorate it. using gen. macarthur on the obverse and the reverse same with that of 1903s peso.

 

great info. thanks

 

Found this one a few months ago:

 

That's a beauty!

 

Philippine coins issued under the United States are American coins

The "Red Book" says so.

The "Red Book" is A Guide Book of United States Coins, published by Whitman Publishing Company.

Here is my 1903 peso with Chinese chopmarks:

 

those coins were very nice.

 

Nice avatar pic you got there elaine

Here's a better pic of this one:



And a separate shot of the reverse of someone wants to update their avatar

 

Proof coins were even made for some years:



1904 US-Philippines, 1 centavo, proof

 

I have four. Here's my only proof, along with a mint state half-centavo from the same year:

 

i like that half centavo, very nice!!!

 

1904 One US/Philippines Silver Peso

I think I read a while back the earlier dated US silver Peso's were larger or heavier.Does anyone know anything about what the years were ?

 

1903-1906 - these were the heavier ones as they were consisting of 90% silver content per peso.
1907-to years before WW2 - only 80% silver content per peso.

during the change of the silver content, the reason was due to the price of silver going up.

that is why the 1906 peso is highly priced, this series still had a low production and was suddenly recalled along with the existing pesos and centavos in circulation for re-mint. voila! you have the 1907 peso with less silver content.

this also explains why the 1903-1905 coins (most of them) at this time don't have high prices because they were issued in a very large volumes - 1906 peso on the other hand was made to fill in as additional circulation on top of the existing ones making it scarce.

 

This is what I have from the Philippines in silver:
20 Centavo-1917S, 1918S, 1944D
10 Centavo-1945D

 

1907
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/1907_Filipinas_Peso.jpg

 

I have the
10 centavos 1944
1909 peso with about 6 chopmarks?? Not much value but I love it's history

 

so mine being a 1904 has a (90% silver content) ,I'll have to look for the 1906 ! Thanks for the information,and history of these beautiful coins.

 

Benveniste, nice 1903 half centavo. Are you willing to sell it? Will by it for the right price. On a budget.

 

@connor1 - yes 1904 peso coins are 90% silver =)

just be careful when buying 1906 peso coins as there are counterfeits circulating. i myself don't have one yet (being here in manila and all.. tough luck)