Completed My First Denomination Set!

Excellent!

Nice. I had a few 1944 Phillipines that I got when I was a kid (early 70's). Not sure what happened to them; they are probably somewhere - just gotta find them.

Will be interested to see your pics!

Congrats! The coins of the U.S. Philippines are quite beautiful!

None of them are in particularly great shape but I love them!

The Peso and Half Centavo sport different shield due to the status of the P.I. at time of minting.

From 1898 to 1935 the P.I. was a US Territory with a U.S. Shield on the reverse. In 1935 the islands were designated a U.S. Commonwealth which was a big step toward promised independence in 1946 and saw the Philippine Commonwealth coat of arms appear on the reverse.

Here is a picture of the whole family. 1 Peso, 50 Centavo, 20 Centavo, 10 Centavo, 5 Centavo, 1 Centavo, 1/2 Centavo



Obverse and Reverse of the silver issues. The Peso has been cleaned and the 10 Centavo piece is currently soaking to remove the green stuff.





Here is the obverse and reverse of the minor coins. The Half Centavo was discontinued after only 2 years of circulation due to the nearly total lack of use by the people.





My next goal will e to collect each denomination/reverse type. Then Size/composition type. Composition of the silver coins was changed in 1906 due to the silver being worth 13% more than face.

In 1930 the 5 Centavo was made smaller due to muling with 2- Centavo dies on two occasions. (the 5 Centavo and new 20 Centavo were about the same size) Also the 5 Centavo was confused with the Culion leper colony 1 Centavo leading to people being shortchanged somewhat often.