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The Mexican 5-centavo (1/20th peso) silver coin, however, was accepted in the Philippines for the same value. The first five centavo was minted in 1903, the first year of minting during the American rule of the country, gained after the Spanish–American War. The coin's images were identical to those of the half-centavo and one centavo coin.
The 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 centavo coins were struck in bronze, the 5 centavo struck in copper (75%) - nickel (25%), the 10, 20, 50 centavo and peso coins were struck in a silver composition. From 1903 to 1906, the silver coins had a silver content of 90%, while those struck after 1906 had a reduced silver content of 75% for 10 through 50 centavos and ...
50 centavos issued under US rule, 1907-1945. In 1903 the 50-centavo coin equivalent to 1/4th a U.S. dollar was minted for the Philippines, weighing 13.48 grams of 0.9 fine silver. Its specifications were reduced from 1907 to 10.0 grams of 0.75 fine silver; this was minted until 1945.
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The Manila Mint struck coins in the following denominations: Base Metal Denominations (identical to alloys used for United States One Cent and Five Cents) One Centavo (1920–1922, 1925–1934, and 1936–1941) Five Centavos (1920–1921, 1925–1928, 1930–1932, 1934–1935, 1937–1938, and 1941)
1944 Philippines five Centavo coin. When the Philippines became a U.S. Commonwealth in 1935, the coat of arms of the Philippine Commonwealth were adopted and replaced the arms of the US Territories on the reverse of coins while the obverse remained unchanged. This seal is composed of a much smaller eagle with its wings pointed up, perched over ...
1-centavo coin issued 1903-1945. No coins worth one hundredth of a peso were issued during the Spanish rule over the Philippines, as the 10 centimo was the smallest unit of currency of the Philippine peso fuerte (1861-1898). The centimo was recognized, though, as an accounting unit worth 1/100 of a peso.
During the American period in the country, the twenty-centavo coin was reintroduced in 1903. It contained 90% silver and 10% copper, weighed 5.3849 grams, and had a diameter of 23 millimeters. [3] In 1908, the coin was reduced to a diameter of 20.86 millimeters, and the silver content of that coin was 75%. [4]