1921 (M) Philippine Fifty Centavos
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Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $2,880
- Sold
- Grade
- MS63
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
The 1921 Philippine Fifty Centavos was struck at the Manila Mint in its first years of work, before it began to use the M mint mark in 1925, so the coin carries no mint mark. From 1907 the fifty centavos weighed 10 grams at 75 percent silver and measured 27 millimeters, under the act of June 23, 1906 that allowed the Philippine government to reduce its silver coins; the designs did not change. The obverse is Melecio Figueroa's young woman in a flowing gown striking an anvil with a hammer, the smoking cone of Mount Mayon behind her, with the value above and FILIPINAS below. The reverse shows the American eagle over a striped shield, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the date. The recorded mintage is 2,316,763. These were the last fifty centavos for circulation until the liberation coins of 1944. Catalogue numbers: KM-171. PCGS number 90361.
Cross References
KM-171
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