JAA USA/Philippines Type Set Collection
Five Centavos 1937-45


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PHILIPPINES UNDER U.S. SOVEREIGNTY COMMONWEALTH REVERSE
Item Description: COPPER-NICKEL 5C 1941 M USA-PHIL KM-180
Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: JAA
 
Winning Set: JAA USA/Philippines Type Set Collection
Date Added: 2/4/2011
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

The Five Centavos of 1937 through 1945 continued the same obverse design used on the 1903 through 1935 Five Centavos. The reverse used the Commonwealth Arms design which was common to the 1936 commemoratives and all Philippine coins from 1937 through 1945. Five Centavos were made at the Manila Mint in 1937, 1938 and 1941; at the Philadelphia Mint in 1944; and the San Francisco Mint in 1944 and 1945. Pre-war coins struck at the Manila Mint have the same size weight and composition as the 1930 through 1935 Five Centavos (Copper-Nickel, 75.16 Grams, 19 mm). During World War ll copper and nickel were strategic metals needed for the war effort. This resulted in the adoption of a copper-nickel-zink alloy for the 1944 and 1945 Five Centavos. The 1941 M Five Centavos had a mintage of 2,750,000. The NGC population for this coin in MS64 is five coins with only one specimen graded higher. The combined (NGC, PCGS, ANACS) certified population for the 1941 M Five Centavos in MS64 is16 coins with only 3 specimens graded higher.

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