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QUESTION: What U.S. BRANCH MINT produced coins in 1920 and 1921 with no Mint Mark and what denominations were involved?

ANSWER: The U.S. Manila Branch Mint produced coins in 1920 and 1921 with no Mint Marks. The denominations involved were One Centavo, Five Centavos, Ten Centavos, Twenty Centavos, and Fifty Centavos.

The U.S. Manila Branch Mint opened on July 15, 1920. The Manila Mint was the only United States branch mint ever established outside the continental limits of the U.S.A. The mint had a daily output of 85,000 pieces, and an annual capacity of 25,000,000 coins.

The Manila mint did not use a mint-mark on its coinage of 1920, 1921, and 1922. In 1920 and 1921 the Manila Mint produced One Centavo, Five Centavos, Ten Centavos, Twenty Centavos, and Fifty Centavos coins. It also produced One Centavo coins in 1922. No Philippine coins were struck anywhere during 1923 or 1924. The Manila mint re-opened in 1925; from then through 1941 all U.S.-Philippine regular and commemorative issue were struck there and all bore the mint-mark "M".

For more information on the history of the Manila Mint visit my "United States Manila Mint" Custom Registry Set at:

http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=1113

The attached pictures show the reverse sides of a 1920 and 1935-M Ten Centavos. Both coins were produced at the U.S. Manila Branch Mint. On the left is a 1920 Ten Centavos. Like all coins produced at the Manila Mint from 1920 through 1922 there is no mint mark. On the right is a 1935-M Ten Centavos. The "M" Mint mark is located below the dot on the left side of the date.

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