1944 (S) Philippine Fifty Centavos

Coin Details

Auction Record

$450 MS66+ 11-27-2021 eBay

Description

The 1944 (S) Philippine Fifty Centavos is a cent produced at the San Francisco Mint as part of the Philippines Fifty Centavos 1903-1945 series. The obverse features a female figure standing beside an anvil, similar to but larger than the twenty centavos and the reverse displays an eagle above a shield. Produced during World War II, when the Mint altered coin compositions to conserve strategic metals for the war effort. Auction record: $450 MS66+ 11-27-2021 eBay. Struck in silver, weighing 3.6 grams, 24 mm in diameter, with a plain edge. Cataloged as PCGS #90375.