Philippines 1897-SG V peso
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The government of Spain issued this coin for the Philippines in 1897 even as its hold on the colony was collapsing. It is struck to the same standard and uses the same bust as the five pesetas of Spain (struck 1896-99, KM 707) and the peso of Puerto Rico (struck 1895, KM 24). The coin is popular and brings a good price even tho it is not rare. It was demonetized by the American occupiers and replaced by the silver peso of 1903.
Recorded mintage: 6,000,000.
Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .723 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17664, KM 154.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Basso, Aldo P., Coins, Medals and Tokens of the Philippines, Menlo Park, CA: 1968.
- Ganzon de Legarda, Angelita, Piloncitos to Pesos, A Brief History of Coinage in the Philippines, Manila: Bancom Development Corporation, 1976.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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