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a territory coin question....

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zage-migration

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i found a 1944 USA nickel that has an emblem on one side ive never seen before and on the other the words "five centavos" and "filipinas" with the picture of a man sitting........i was wonderng if you had any information on this coin?

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zage-migration

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i noticed that someone before me had posted about the same coin, and i went to the website posted on that thread, but the coin i have isn't on there.....it doesn't match any of the coins pictured......

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It's from the commonwealth period of the US Philippines. The five centavos was struck in Philadelphia (no mint mark) and San Francisco (S mint mark) in 1944. It's made from a copper-nickel-zinc alloy and is 21mm in diameter and weighs 4.87 grams. They're worth around a dollar in Unc.

 

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