FREE: VINTAGE WWII 1944-S USA/PHILIPPINES 5 CENTAVOS

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Up for auction is this Vintage WWII 1944-S USA/Philippines 5 Centavos.

With the exception of the 1920 San Francisco One Centavo coin all U.S. coinage for the Philippines from 1920 through 1941 were produced at the Manila Mint. The Manila Mint was the only United States branch mint ever established outside the continental limits of the U.S.A
During the war years, the Manila Mint was not operational, and no coins circulated in the Philippines. When the Americans retook these islands from Japan beginning in October, 1944, they carried with them new coinage of the USA/Philippines series. These were coined at the Philadelphia, San Francisco and Denver Mints (the latter bore a D mintmark). The minor pieces were of slightly different standards, a concession to the shortage of certain metals during the war years. These coins quickly replaced the Japanese “funny-money” scrip and Filipino/American guerrilla notes then in use, and they remained a legal tender for many years after the islands became the independent Republic of the Philippines, July 4, 1946.

Coin Specifications
Category: Philippines Under U.S. Sovereignty
Mintage: 14,040,000
Composition: Copper-Nickel-Zinc
Weight: 4.9200g
Diameter: 19mm


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