1918 (S) Philippine Five Centavos - S/S, Allen-4.08aa, FS-501

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The 1918 (S) Philippine Five Centavos Allen-4.08aa FS-501 is a five centavos coin minted at the San Francisco Mint, within the Philippines Five Centavos 1903-1945 series. The first five-centavo type was struck from 1903 to 1928 in copper-nickel, three parts copper to one of nickel, with the same pictures as the centavo: Figueroa's seated figure with anvil, hammer and Mount Mayon, and the eagle on the United States shield with the date. Philadelphia made the coins of 1903-1904 and the proofs, San Francisco those of 1916-1919 with an S, and the Manila Mint those of 1920-1921 without a mint mark and of 1925-1928 with an M. This die has a repunched S mint mark (FS-501); an NGC registry list numbers it Allen-4.08aa and Greysheet Allen-4.08a. The Director of the Mint's report gives 2,780,000 five centavos struck at San Francisco in calendar year 1918, all varieties together. Catalogue numbers: KM-164. PCGS number 90197.

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KM-164