alscoinsandnotes Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I found this in my loose stuff what do you all think of it??? kind Regards Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Hi Al. Looks on the worn side but a nice specimen. The coin is a standard issue for the Philippines which was a US Territory in those days. Coins were minted by US Mint. I believe Philadelphia and San Francisco both minted coins. Not sure about Denver. I'll have to look it up and get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Here's a link with a bunch of info on the Philippines coinage including info about the often forgotten Manila Mint. http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php/topic/24725-the-forgotten-us-mint/?hl=%2Bphilippine+%2Bcoins&do=findComment&comment=449018 So your coin was been minted in Philadelphia at the US Mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 The link below is from NGC's site and deals with the Manila Mint and defines a neat Type Set of Philippine coins. You might enjoy reading it. https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=1113 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alscoinsandnotes Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 g,day thanks for your comment and reply, my main interest in my declining years is going to be collecting US 1 5 &25 cents to jump start my enthusiasm and I am going to use my UK Ca and aussie stuff to trade for them, while I have indexing them all I keep finding these odd ones, Kind Regards Al yesterday I found a SA 1941 1d very strange with "imperator" on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Take a closer look at the obverse... it should have a small "M" at about 7:00. I don't see it on the picture, but that may be due to the wear combined with low photo resolution. If your coin does not have the "M" you may have a filled die, creating a pseudo-variety, like the 1922 plain cent. Nothing to retire on, but a collector of the series would probably pay a small premium. If it does have an M, it's worth a couple dollars. And to clarify, Philippine coins were made at San Francisco and Philly from 1903-1919 (shifting gradually until most were made at SF), then Manilla was opened in 1920 and minted all coins from 1920-1941, when the island was taken by Japan. Production shifted to Denver and San Francisco from 1942-46, until the country gained independence in 1947. The Manilla mint never opened back up under US authority, as it was destroyed in WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 It appears that I was wrong in my Philadelphia assumption. As Finn235 pointed out, it was minted at Manilla. In fact I think I can see a faint "m" on the coin in the picture. It's at about 7 oclock just near the date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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