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The 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 centavo coins were struck in bronze, the 5 centavo struck in copper (75%) - nickel (25%), the 10, 20, 50 centavo and peso coins were struck in a silver composition. From 1903 to 1906, the silver coins had a silver content of 90%, while those struck after 1906 had a reduced silver content of 75% for 10 through 50 centavos and ...
List of most expensive coins Price Year Type Grade Issuing country Provenance Firm Date of sale $18,900,000 1933 1933 double eagle: MS-65 CAC United States: King Farouk of Egypt: Sotheby's [1] June 8, 2021 $12,000,000 1794 Flowing Hair dollar: SP-66 CAC United States Neil, Carter Private sale [2] January 24, 2013 $9,360,000 1787 Brasher ...
Concurrent with these events is the establishment of the Casa de Moneda de Manila in the Philippines in 1857, the mintage starting 1861 of gold 1, 2 and 4 peso coins according to Spanish standards (the 4-peso coin being 6.766 grams of 0.875 gold), and the mintage starting 1864 of fractional 50-, 20- and 10-céntimo silver coins also according ...
The Philippine five-peso coin (₱5) is the third-largest denomination of the coins of the Philippine peso.. Three versions of the coin are in circulation, the version from the BSP Series which was issued from 1995 to 2017, the original round coin from the New Generation Currency Coin Series issued from 2017 to 2019 and the nonagonal (9-sided shape) version since 2019.
1. The Bagong Bayani Commemorative Coin in honor of Overseas Filipinos on the 5-piso circulating coin; 2. The 150th year of Philippine Hero Apolinario Mabini on the 10-piso circulating coin; and 3. The Leyte Landing which was a turning point for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II on the 5-piso circulating coin.
The sol, later sol de oro (English: gold sol), was the currency of Peru between 1863 and 1985. It had the ISO 4217 currency code PES. It was subdivided into 10 dineros or 100 centavos. It also had two different superunits over its circulation life, the inca (1881–1882) and later the gold pound (1898–1931, abbreviated Lp.), both worth 10 soles.
Silver coins were minted in denominations of 8 real ($1) and 4, 2, 1 and 1 ⁄ 2 real. Gold coins came in denominations of 8 escudos ( $16 ) and 4, 2, 1 and 1 ⁄ 2 escudos. Small change was also made by cutting a whole $1 coin, most commonly into eight wedges each worth one Spanish real .
Flora and Fauna Series; On September 30, 1983, the BSP introduced ₱2 coins as part of the Flora and Fauna Series. The coin was decagon-shaped (ten-sided), mass 12.0 g and diameter 31.0 mm, with the profile of Andrés Bonifacio on the obverse and the Coconut Tree (Cocos nucifera) on the reverse.