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First & Last Mintage Coins / Post your series starts and stops here!
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Henri Charriere

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On 12/21/2023 at 12:24 AM, Mike Meenderink said:

The 32 Quarter is for my circulated type set...don't judge me...lol I submitted it exactly for that reason and it graded exactly as I thought AU 

Judge you?  I must be asleep at the switch! You mean the eagle is gone, and I hadn't noticed in 25 years?  Rip Van Winkle here. Maybe z is right; I should get out more. 🤣

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The 12th Denticle

The 12th Denticle

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Here are two coins from the early 20th century, a time when the Philippines was a territory of the United States.

The coin on the top is the first in the series of United States-Philippines (USPI) peso coins. It is 38 mm in diameter and is 90% silver. Minted in Philadelphia, it was placed into circulation on 23 July 1903. 
 

The bottom coin is the last of the series. It was minted at the San Francisco Mint in 1912. The size of coins in this series were reduced to 35 mm in 1907, and their silver content lowered to 80%. This was because of a global silver crisis in 1905 that caused the coin’s silver value to exceed its monetary value.


There had been a steady decline in the minting of these USPI one peso coins since 1909, leading to the eventual cessation of its production in 1912.
 

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Mike Meenderink

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On 12/30/2023 at 1:18 PM, powermad5000 said:

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:golfclap:Award for most unique seldom seen here (NGC Chat) coin type. This little lady is somewhat overlooked by the greater coin collecting community. Now that the years have gone by less and less of these coins are seen. These coins are in circulation but not in large numbers. Many were saved. But few in PQ higher grades. The coin really never caught on and was often confused for a quarter. The S.B. Anthony was the first completely "new" small US dollar coin minted for circulation. I believe a future generation will fully enjoy the value appreciation of these coins in higher grades.

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Henri Charriere

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@Mike Meenderink  : You mean these things are worth more than a dollar now???!    I gave away all my Ikes, Sacagaweas and Suzie Bs. Conservatively speaking, I do not believe any "modern" coin was more intensely disliked.  New Yok City Transit wound up with a bunch but then the fare went up.  I never knew a laundromat that accepted them.  They all got bogged down in quarters and then switched to cards. The grand experiment to phase out the one-dollar bills failed miserably.

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Routine die lolishing.
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