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The twenty-centavo coin for the Philippines was introduced in the time of Queen Isabel II of Spain. The coin was not abundant in number until 1868, where more than 1 million coins were made, and 1868 became a common year minted on the twenty-centavo coin. [1] King Alfonso XII of Spain continued the minted of the coin during 1880 to 1885. [2]
In 1920, the Manila Mint was reopened under United States auspices, [1] and was the first (and to date only) U.S. branch mint located outside the Continental United States. It produced coins until 1922 and then again from 1925 to 1941, when the Japanese Empire invaded the Philippines during World War II. The mint was operated under Japanese ...
Download QR code; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... English: 20 Centavos Filipinas U.S. occupation coin from 1944, reverse, 75 % silver, 25 % copper.
while the name of the archipelago is written below in Spanish as FILIPINAS. [15] [a] The coat of arms of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Around this appeared the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the mint mark, and the date of coinage. [15] [b] 15,790,492 10,000,000 6,500,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 58,000,000 1937 M 1938 M 1939 M 1940 M 1941 M ...
More than 600 of these coins were given to politicians and others during the original minting, but additional coins were re-struck from the original dies in 1858 and 1859. These coins can range in ...
The coin's images were identical to those of the half-centavo and one centavo coin. The obverse featured a native with a volcano in the distance, with the coin's denomination above him, and the inscription 'Filipinas' underneath. The reverse featured the American coat of arms, and had the inscription 'United States of America' circling it.
Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ Iowa Centennial half dollar: Old Stone Capitol: Eagle 90% Ag, 10% Cu: Authorized: 100,000 (max) Uncirculated: 100,057 [1] 1946, 1996, 2046: 50¢ Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar: Booker T. Washington: Hall of Fame for Great Americans and a log cabin ...
The Coinage Act of 1792 established the United States Mint and regulated the coinage of the United States. [3] The act created coins in the denominations of Half Cent (1/200 of a dollar), Cent (1/100 of a dollar, or a cent), Half Dime (also known as a half disme) (five cents), Dime (also known as a disme) (10 cents), Quarter (25 cents), Half Dollar (50 cents), Dollar, Quarter Eagle ($2.50 ...