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The twenty-five-sentimo coin (25¢) is the third-lowest denomination coin of the Philippine peso. During Spanish administration, coins valued at 1 ⁄ 4 a Spanish dollar (or peso ), equivalent to two reales , issued by Spain and Spanish America, were generally accepted in the Philippines as 25 centimos.
Like other coins, the value of errors is based in part on rarity and condition. In general, lower denomination errors are less expensive than higher denomination errors simply because more such coins are minted resulting in available errors. Due to improvements in production and inspection, modern errors are more rare and this impacts value. [3]
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 ...
The late painter and PBS icon Bob Ross famously said there are no such things as mistakes with art, only "happy accidents." When it comes to the art of coin production, those happy accidents can ...
In 1983, eight years after the introduction of the Ang Bagong Lipunan Series, a new series named the Flora and Fauna Series was introduced, in which the coins, in addition to featuring various Philippine national heroes as before, also began featuring plant and animal life forms native to the Philippines. The 50-sentimo and 2-piso denominations ...
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]
Diorama of 1986 EDSA Revolution, "People Power Revolution", "Philippines February 22–25, 1986" Coat of arms of the Philippines, "Republika ng Pilipinas", year of minting, value February 25, 1988 ₱25 38 mm 25 g 50% silver: Reeded Portrait of General Douglas MacArthur, "Ikasandaang Taong Kaarawan" marking MacArthur's 100th birthday, "1880 ...
Struck in copper-nickel, the obverse side of the coin features the state title, the denomination and a portrait of José Rizal. The reverse side of the coin features the Coat of arms of the Philippines. The first version, minted from 1975 to 1978, featured a scroll with the inscription Republika ng Pilipinas (Republic of the Philippines).