Owner Comments:
This coin, like the previous issue, was minted by Frank & Company. It features the same design as its predecessor.
The obverse shows the coin's denomination on the center--a large number "1" and "PESO" below it. Around the coin are the words "CULION LEPER COLONY" on top, and "PHILIPPINE ISLANDS" at the bottom.
The reverse bears the caduceus symbol surrounded on the outer rim by the words "BUREAU OF HEALTH" and the coin's date, "1920" on the bottom. A pair of stars separate the inscriptions.
Three known varieties of this issue are known: The more common Type I, which has a pointed serif on the number "1" (as well as narrow numbers); Type I(a), which has a blunt serif on the number "1" and rounder numbers; and finally, Type II, which is similar to Type I, except that the word "PESO" is closer to the stars.
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You can see overall wear at the high points of this Type I specimen, but all of the details are still sharp. For the grade, it's still pleasing in my opinion. I acquired this coin raw and had it slabbed. I was pleased with the grade it received, which, at the time, was the only one at the top. As of this writing, it shares the Top Pop spot with another (2/0).
⚙️ Coin Specifications and Information
Composition: Aluminum
Diameter: 35.4 mm
Edge: Plain
Alignment: ⬆️ ⬇️
Mintage: 4,000
KM# 15
📆 This Year In Philippine History
On March 26, 1920, the Philippine Legislature passed Act. No 2928, which legally adopted the Philippine flag as the official flag of the Philippine Islands. Up until the eve of World War II, Flag Day was celebrated on annually on October 30, commemorating the date the ban on the flag was lifted.
The national flag of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang watawat ng Pilipinas) is a horizontal bicolor flag with equal bands of royal blue and crimson red, with a white, equilateral triangle at the hoist. In the center of the triangle is a golden-yellow sun with eight primary rays, each representing a province. At each vertex of the triangle is a five-pointed, golden-yellow star, each of which representing one of the country's three main island groups—Luzon, Visayas (though originally referring to the island of Panay) and Mindanao. The white triangle at the flag represents liberty, equality, and fraternity. A unique feature of this flag is its usage to indicate a state of war if it is displayed with the red side on top, which is effectively achieved by flipping the flag upside-down.
The Philippine National Flag was designed by Emilio Aguinaldo. It was first displayed in the Battle of Alapan on May 28, 1898 after the Spaniards was defeated and surrendered to Aguinaldo.
The flag was formally unfurled during the proclamation of independence on June 12, 1898, in Kawit, Cavite. However, a Manila Times article by Augusto de Viana, Chief History Researcher, National Historical Institute, mentions assertions in history textbooks and commemorative rites that the flag was first raised in Alapan, Imus, Cavite, on May 28, 1898, when General Aguinaldo displayed it during the first fight of the Philippine Revolution.
The original design of the flag adopted a mythical sun with a face influenced by The Republics of the Rio de la Plata, Argentina and Uruguay, which in turn represent Inti the Incan Sun-god; a triangle, representing the Katipunan which inspired by the Eye of Providence in the Great Seal of the United States and the Masonic Triangle and which enshrined Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité of the French Revolution; the stripes and colors derived from the American flag. The particular shade of blue of the original flag has been a source of controversy. Based on anecdotal evidence and the few surviving flags from the era, historians argue that the colors of the original flag was influenced by the flags of Cuba and Puerto Rico.
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