Hi guys. I am very sad to offer my collection of US-territorial and Philippines coins to the public but I badly need finances to cover medical costs for an ill family member. It really aches me to do this but I can't think of anything else as other finances have been exhausted. Before I go to the US-Philippines coins, interested collectors for beautiful 1934 and 1914 China Yuan Dollar coins please contact me at topheem@yahoo.com, for closeups. There are 26 coins in the collection, about 20 pcs in BU - 3 Fatman dollars and 23 Junk dollars. The photos are just snaphots to show a glimpse of how beautiful they are - natural toning and luster. The coins are personally slabbed with customized labels. I will send closeups to interested parties. The US-Philippines Colonial collection is a small one, incomplete, and not the best coins I could find since I started late in collecting the series. I love toned coins and most of them are toned (either naturally or retoned). They are not graded, and don't come close to the best coins early collectors have in their racks. It is a very humble collection. My dream was to "complete" the US-Philippines colonial coins then collect all Philippines coins released by the mint, then have a coin show in my town showcasing only coins produced for the Philippines, not only to show the beauty of coin collecting but especially hope to educate the young and old about the richness of Philippines coin history. Oh well, so much for that dream. I collected the coins with every little I save from my allowance, and I value them a lot even though they are the least beautiful. But I have to let them go and hope the money I get can help save a life. Anyway, any interested parties can contact me at topheem@yahoo.com. I have not taken pictures yet, as I have been busy in the hospital. I have also sold hundreds/thousands of these US-Philippines territorial coins on ebay, but kept the nicest ones I could find. In fact, what I do is I slab my coins and have customized the labels and included details like weight, Allen #, Krauss #, silver content, mintage, mint, among others for each coin. That is how I love my coins. To summarize, I always wanted to keep 9 pieces of a kind even if that date is hard to find. For example I have 9 1910s, 9 1911s peso, 9 1912s peso (1 of which is a beautiful BU with perfect rims, perfect edge, beautiful luster, but professionally cleaned/washed long ago and has retoned beautifully with 1 thin scratch on obverse. I'm so proud of this specimen, though.) more than 9 for 1909s, 1908s and 1907s pesos. Lots of 1903, 1903s to 1905s pesos (with several straight serif S). I think I have more or less 200 pieces of this 1 peso coins. I only have a few dozens 10-50 centavo coins, the nicest of which are a few BU 1918s 50 centavos. One bonus is I have studied the 1918s 50 centavos INVERTED S variety and have collected almost a dozen of them, several in AU/UNC, and found out about the relationship between the Inverted S mintmark, the Filled S on the obverse, and the extra metal on the shield. Oh, I also found out the 1912s 1 peso has a recut 9 variety? I found that out because I have dozens of them before. Hmmmn for the 20 centavos I think the nicest would be the 1928 mule in BU condition (but with PVC contamination), and 2 of the 1929 Triple punched '2' in BU (Allen lists a specimen in AU only), also a BU 1929 repunched last 9. And a some interesting others. Several 1 centavos also. Hmmmn I have a proof 1903 peso, a graded MS64 1904(P) 1 peso, and ANACS graded 1936 QRM set. Oh, I collected and completed the 1975-1982 proofsets with COAs. Actually that is 1974 to 1983 sets. And several others. I am trying to list them down from memory.
