USPI - Type, Eye Appeal
Ten Centavos 1903-06


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PHILIPPINES UNDER U.S. SOVEREIGNTY
Item Description: 10C 1903 USA-PHIL ALLEN-7.01
Grade: NGC PF 64
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 #7.01 (KM #165) - Proof mintage: 2,558

Mintage for the first year of US/Philippine proof coin production was limited to 2,558 sets. The seven coin Philippine proof sets were produced at the Philadelphia mint from 1903 through 1908 (excluding 1907), and were sold to the general public for $2.00 per set. At the time these sets were produced, there was no protective packaging. Each coin was individually wrapped in tissue paper and placed in a plain paper coin envelope. As a result, many proof coins exhibit micro thin hairline scratches as well as heavy toning. When combined with very low mintages and low initial sales to the public, it's easy to see why fully gem proof coins are very rare.

This particular coin is highly reflective with a slight cameo effect and very light toning on the reverse. Conveying the beauty and quality of these old proof coins is always difficult to do using just 2 two-dimensional images.

Date acquired: 12/3/2012 (already graded by NGC)

References:
- Shafer, N. "United States Territorial Coinage for the Philippine Islands." Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1961.

Rev. 2/6/2013

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