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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 ...
No coin worth 1/20 of a peso circulated during the Spanish rule of the Philippines, when the 10 centimo coin was the lowest denomination of the Philippine peso fuerte. 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 ...
Concurrent with these events is the establishment of the Casa de Moneda de Manila in the Philippines in 1857, the mintage starting 1861 of gold 1, 2 and 4 peso coins according to Spanish standards (the 4-peso coin being 6.766 grams of 0.875 gold), and the mintage starting 1864 of fractional 50-, 20- and 10-céntimo silver coins also according ...
The Restored Mexican republic of 1867 continued the minting of coins in pesos and centavos. The copper 1-centavo coin was continued; silver (.9027 fine) coins of 5, 10, 20, 25 and 50 centavos and 1 peso commenced in 1867; and gold coins of 1, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2, 5, 10 and 20 pesos commenced in 1870. The obverses featured the Mexican 'eagle' and the ...
Ecuadorian sucre (New centavo coins continued to circulate after the sucre was replaced by U.S. dollar in 2000.) Salvadoran colón; Guinea Bissau peso; Mozambican escudo; Portuguese escudo (before the euro was introduced) Portuguese Guinean escudo; Portuguese Indian escudo; Puerto Rican peso; São Tomé and Príncipe escudo; Venezuelan ...
You may have heard of the Saint Gaudens Double Eagle 1933 which sold for a record-breaking $7.59 million at an auction, and other valuable coins that have been sold for more than a few silver dollars.
Amounts are rounded to the nearest 50 pesos. Cook Islands: 1 and 2 cents 5 cents: 1983 1994: 1993 30 April 2016: No: Production of 1- and 2-cent coins ceased in 1983 and were demonetized in 1993; 5-cent coin demonetized on 30 April 2016, along with previous coin issues. Costa Rica: 5 céntimos 10 céntimos 25 céntimos 50 céntimos 1 colón 2 ...
[3] [4] Production and issuance of two additional silver and gold coins in 1000-peso and 10,000-peso denominations were called off due to limitations in the procurement process. [5] On December 21, 2015, the BSP issued a commemorative 10-peso coin in honor of General Miguel Malvar, in time for the 150th year birth anniversary. [6]