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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 ...
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.
The half-centavo coin was called a kusing, and the 1-centavo coin was called isang pera or sampera. Coins for 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos went by their Spanish names singko, diyes, bentesingko and singkwenta. Additionally, the 50-centavo coin was also called salapi.
Image Value Year Description Issued Diameter Weight Composition 50 centavos: 1961 100th Anniversary of Birth of Jose Rizal: 100,000 30.6 mm 12.5 g 90% silver 1 peso
According to the Professional Coin Grading Service, here’s what five high-value quarters from the year 2000 went for at auction: Massachusetts 2000-P (Philadelphia mint) MS69: $3,760 Maryland ...
On March 5, 1862, permission was also granted to coin silver coinage, which began in 1864 for the ten and twenty Centavo denominations, and 1865 for fifty Centavos. The coins all bore the image of the then-reigning Spanish Monarch, Queen Isabel II. In 1868, Isabel was deposed, but the mint continued to issue coinage in all six denominations ...
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