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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 25448681, member: 104064&quot;]Yes, Figueroa was a Filipino. He was trained as an engraver in Spain, and was appointed engraver at the colonial mint in Manila in 1893. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melecio_Figueroa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melecio_Figueroa" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melecio_Figueroa</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea how the work on the peso coinage was divided. BCCS (<a href="http://barbercoins.org/CharlesBarber.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://barbercoins.org/CharlesBarber.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://barbercoins.org/CharlesBarber.shtml</a>) says that Barber &quot;assisted Filipino Melicio Figueroa with the designs for Philippines coinage beginning 1903.&quot; The wiki article says of Figueroa &quot;In 1903, he joined a competition for the Philippine peso coinage system in 1903 and his design was selected as the winner.&quot; Nothing I&#039;ve found says whether both sides were designed by Figueroa. I could speculate that the shield side was designed by Barber, with nothing to back that up other than that it has his &quot;look.&quot; I would guess that they collaborated on the final master designs. Perhaps there are more details in the Barber Papers, a copy of which is at the ANA and is supposedly 3 inches thick.</p><p><br /></p><p>It makes me curious about the 1937-1945 coins with the new coat of arms side. Numista still credits Figueroa and Barber, but both of them were long dead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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