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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;droccu, post: 1535328, member: 39879&quot;]<font size="4"><b>What&#039;s it Worth?</b></font><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]203757.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]203758.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]203759.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]203760.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><u>TWO</u> U.S Philippines 1928-M, MULE 20 Centavos Silver Coin</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a highly collectible U.S. Territorial Philippine Twenty Centavos MULE silver coin dated 1928-M.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This type was struck for the Philippines 1907-29. In 1907, the denomination was reduced in weight to 4 grams (KM 170) and a substantial number issued 1907-21 with a final issue from the Manila mint in 1928-29. This issue is called a mule as the reverse die from the five centavos was used instead of the proper twenty centavos reverse. A mule is a coin which carries the design intended for another coin. In the U.S.-Philippine Series,&nbsp; the only other instance of mule coinage is the 1918 5-centavo coin&nbsp; wherein the obverse die containing the date and the shield and eagle design was inadvertently replaced with the obverse die of the 20-centavo coin of the same year.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Design</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse was designed by Melecio Figueroa and features a young Filipina in a flowing dress standing while striking an anvil with a hammer held in her right hand, her left arm is half raised and she holds an olive branch in her hand. In the background is the Mayon volcano with a billowing smoke coming from the crater. On the upper periphery of the coin is the denomination “TWENTY CENTAVOS” and on the lower periphery is the word “FILIPINAS”.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse design features an eagle perched atop a shield.&nbsp;&nbsp; On the outer periphery are the words “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and the year of issue.&nbsp; To the left of the year may be a mint mark “M” Manila or “S” San Francisco. Coin with no mint marks (as with this coin) were minted at the Philadelphia Mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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