Twenty Centavo CoinObverse: Lady Liberty striking an anvil with a hammer with a volcano (Mt. Mayon) erupting in the background, "Ten Centavos", "Filipinas"
Reverse: arms of the US Territories, "United States of America", year mark
Shape: round
Edge: reededDiameter: 20.5mm
Material: silver
Designer: Melecio Figueroa
The figure of Lady Liberty striking the anvil with a hammer is supposed to depict the work done by the Americans in creating a progressive Philippines. Many suspect that the lady in the figure is actually Blanca, the daughter of the designer.
Arms of the Commonwealth
This is a braodwinged eagle, sitting atop a shield divided into two registers. The upper register has 13 stars, and the lower register has 13 vertical stripes.
7 comments:
ey i have 20cents... my dad made it into necklace, earrings and bracelet... Pure silver and have no rust... =)
i have seen few series of this types and noticed the difference on the eagle's wings.how much will it cost on the market???????thank you
Looking very nice coins, i love coins, i have a huge coins collection.i have different types of coins.i am crazy in coins collection. i love your blog too. really a great effort for coins collection
Mr. Ken Seymore gave the final presentation entitled ³The Philippine Mystery 1909 Proof Coin². He related a tale presented to him in a letter some many years ago. It was an offer to sell a Philippine 1909 Proof One Peso Coin. The letter told the story of twenty known pieces left and that they had been confirmed by the mint as real but not authenticated because they were smuggled by mint employees. Such pieces were not presently known to exist. The pieces are now scattered amongst three owners somewhere in Manila. What puzzled Ken more was why this coin is not circulated before? Further research revealed that there was a plan to have them circulated to the Philippines in the same time as the 4 July 1909 Philippine Independence Day ceremony from the United States. The identity of the individual who offered the piece has long ago been forgotten, because at the time it was felt the piece was counterfeit. It was only recently that these new facts have crossed together. To this day the pieces have not shown up. Hopefully, they will, and more research can be done. Several people in the audience showed some excitement over the possibilities of these pieces existing and being real.
i have this coin in 1944 how much i can sell it?
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