Thursday, December 6, 2012

1944-D Phillipines 10 Centavos!


Thought I'd shown this but I haven't so here it is. It's in UNC although the back does seem to have had a weak die impression. That or there was some grease in the die. It was struck under U.S. administration and had the face value of half of a U.S. dime or 5 cents. This was made possible due to a smaller size and silver content of .725 rather than .900. Also notice the mintmark between the date and the word united. It's a D for Denver which is where this coin was struck. This does not make it rare, in fact Denver was the only place it was struck in 1944 with a mintage of over 31 million. This means it is not rare and worth little, about $3.00 in this case.

2 comments:

  1. Daniel (dptashny @ Numista)December 9, 2012 at 1:55 PM

    Is this the same coin as the 10 Centavos in the MPCC?

    You should mention that.

    : )

    Daniel

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  2. @dptashny
    Why yes it is, indeed. I'll mention it in Monday's post.

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