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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;horge, post: 1600033, member: 7167&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, but I understand that even in the late 1800&#039;s-Philippine context into which these</p><p>U.S. Territorial coins were unleashed, the convention was:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;royal portrait (cara) = obverse, </p><p>&nbsp;royal coat of arms (cruz o escudo) = reverse. </p><p>&nbsp;<i>cara y cruz</i>, heads or tails, and all that... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>From there it seems to have been easier to continue assuming</p><p>the portrait (allegorical this time) = obverse, and the coat of arms is still = reverse.</p><p>Although, the &#039;coat of arms&#039; on these coins really wasn&#039;t one, nor was even an offical seal </p><p>until the 1936 switch to a Commonwealth.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers,</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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