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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 ...
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.
1944 Philippines five-centavo coin of the Commonwealth period. When the Philippines became a U.S. Commonwealth in 1935, the coat of arms of the Philippine Commonwealth was adopted and replaced the arms of the U.S. Territories on the reverse of coins while the obverse remained unchanged. This seal is composed of a much smaller eagle with its ...
Value Dimensions Main Color Description Year [1] Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse First issue Withdrawal Small denomination notes 5 centavos 108 mm × 55 mm Red Bank title, bank seal, value, serial number "PHILIPPINES", value April 15, 1951 June 30, 1958 January 5, 1970 10 centavos Maroon 20 centavos Green 50 centavos Blue 1 ⁄ 2 peso
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
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 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.
Silver Denominations (seventy-five percent silver for Ten through Fifty Centavos and eighty percent for the One Peso) Ten Centavos (1920–1921, 1929, 1935, 1937–1938, and 1941) Twenty Centavos (1920–1921, 1928–1929, 1937–1938, and 1941) Fifty Centavos (1920–1921 and 1936 Commemorative) One Peso (1936 Commemorative only, with two ...