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Ten Centavos 1937-45


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PHILIPPINES UNDER U.S. SOVEREIGNTY
Item Description: 10C 1945 D USA-PHIL ALLEN-9.05
Grade: NGC MS 66
Owner: coin928
 
Winning Set: USPI - Type, Eye Appeal
Date Added: 9/6/2013
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Lyman Allen #9.05 (KM #181) - Mintage: 137,208,000 minted by the US Mint in Denver

General
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The 1945D 10 Centavo piece has the highest mintage of any of US/Philippine era coin, and is one of only two issues exceeding a mintage of 100,000,000 (the other being the 1944S One Centavo which was minted in both 1944 and 1945, but only dated 1944). The high mintage of coins in 1944 and 1945 was necessary since virtually all previously issued coinage had disappeared during the Japanese occupation. Because of the high demand, dies were used well beyond their normal life and pieces struck from highly eroded dies are very common.

High mintage figures often imply common coins, but also provide the opportunity for some highly collectable varieties! With 137,208,000 minted by the US Mint in Denver, it's not surprising that there are a number of die varieties. Lyman Allen lists three in addition to the normal date:

Varieties
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9.05 - Normal date

9.05a - Repunched mint mark D/D (This Coin) Even within this variety, at least 4 sub-types exist with various orientations of the initial and secondary mint mark punches. Over the years, I have acquired examples of North-South (near), South-North (far), South-North (near), and Northwest-Southeast orientations.

9.05b - Doubled Die Obverse type 1. This variety is easily identified by the dramatic doubling of "UNITED", "STATES", all four digits of the date, and the bottom tip of the shield.

9.05c - Doubled Die Obverse type 2. This doubled die variety is not nearly as dramatic as 9.05b, but can still be identified with minimal magnification. There is a very slight doubling of "45" in the date, doubling of all of the letters in "UNITED", doubling of the letters "STAT" in STATES, and slight doubling of the letters "MER" in AMERICA.

In addition to the three varieties that have been cataloged, there is at least one other significant obverse doubled die variety in which all of the "P"s in the scroll text of "COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES" are very noticeably doubled.

This Coin
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This example is a very well preserved normal die variety. It is interesting to note that it was struck from a pair of very heavily eroded dies. This is easily seen by all of the lines connecting all of the peripheral lettering to the rim, in some cases totally obliterating the denticles on the reverse.

Date acquired: 10/12/2012 (already graded by NGC)

Rev. 10/13/2012

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