Issuer | Philippines |
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Period |
Commonwealth (1935-1946)
|
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 1944-1945 |
Value | 50 Centavos (0.5) |
Currency | Peso (1857-1967) |
Composition | Silver (.750) (Copper .250) |
Weight | 10 g |
Diameter | 27.5 mm |
Thickness | 2 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number |
N# 15858
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
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References |
KM# 183, ![]() And 5 more volumes. ![]() And 2 more volumes. |
Series: 1944 series
Coat of arms of the Philippines.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES
S 1944
Standing woman, holding hammer on anvil in right hand, smoking volcano at right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FIFTY CENTAVOS
FILIPINAS
Translation: Philippines.
Reeded
© Harryg (CC BY)
S | United States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date) |
There is a Type 1 and a Type 2 of the 1944 coin. Type 2 shows a plain or a weak showing of the grooves in the mountain on the obverse of the coin at 3:00. The strong or Type 1 shows strong grooves along the mountainside (the Mayon volcano). Called verticle striations. Also where the mountain touches the denticles in Type 1 it only covers one denticle, in Type 2 it covers three. There is more space between the mountain and the s in Type 1. Type 2 they almost touch.
For the 1945 dated coins, 18,120,000 were minted in 1945, and 6,288,000 were minted in 1946
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Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||
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Undetermined | |||||||||||||
1944 S | 19 187 000 | $ 5.70 | $ 5.80 | $ 6.40 | $ 7.70 | $ 11 | 82% | ||||||
1945 S | 18 120 000 | $ 5.90 | $ 5.90 | $ 5.90 | $ 12 | 31% |
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