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


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PHILIPPINES UNDER U.S. SOVEREIGNTY COMMONWEALTH REVERSE
Item Description: SILVER 20C 1944 D/S USA-PHIL ALLEN-12.04a KM-182
Grade: NGC MS 66
Owner: JAA
 
Winning Set: JAA USA/Philippines Type Set Collection
Date Added: 6/19/2010
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

750 Silver, 4.0 Grams, 20 mm. The Twenty Centavos of 1937 through 1945 continued the same obverse design used on the 1903 through 1929 Twenty Centavos. The reverse used the Commonwealth Arms design which was common to the 1936 commemoratives and all Philippine coins from 1937 through 1945. Twenty Centavos were made at the Manila Mint from 1937 through 1941, and at the Denver Mint in 1944 and 1945. This specimen is a 1944 D/S (D over S Mint Mark) Allen Catalog Number 12.04a. The 1944 D over S Twenty Centavos is unique among USA/Philippine Die Varities in that it is the only time during the 43 year history of U.S./Philippine coinage that a mint mark was ever over-punched with the mint mark from a different mint. The 6th edition of the Allen Catalog lists a combined (NGC, PCGS, ANACS) certified population for this important die variety in MS66 as 12 coins with only 4 specimens graded higher. The NGC population for this coin in MS66 is 6 coins with only 4 specimens graded higher. This specimen is a fully struck, untoned SUPERB GEM.

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