USPI-1C
1937-M


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Coin Details

  

Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PHILIPPINES UNDER U.S. SOVEREIGNTY
Item Description: 1C 1937 M USA-PHIL ALLEN-3.01
Grade: NGC MS 65 RD
Owner: coin928
 
Winning Set: USPI-1C
Date Added: 10/24/2007
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Lyman Allen #3.01 (KM #179) - Mintage: 15,790,492

This issue is the first One Centavo to bear the new Commonwealth Obverse, foreshadowed by the 3 commemorative coins designed by Ambrosio Morales minted in 1936. Minted at the US branch mint in Manila, this coin is generally poorly struck, but surprisingly easy to locate in high mint state, red grades. Well struck examples do exist, but are very rare. This is the only year that coins were stuck with this style of mint mark. It did not strike up well and, on many coins, the mint mark is so faint that it appears to be completely missing. The parallel vertical sides were modified for 1938 such that the new mint mark style appears as an inverted "W."

This particular coin exhibits the generally weak strike for this year which is particularly noticeable in the scroll lettering and shield emblem above the date. It also has the very full and vibrant red coloring typical of this year.

Varieties: None cataloged for this year.

Date acquired: 10/21/2007 (already graded by NGC)

Rev. 10/24/2012

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