Philippines 1986 50 sentimo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was issued by the Philippines for circulation 1983-90, to be superseded in 1991 by a smaller brass coin (KM 242.3). Today, with US$1 = 48 PHP (approximately), no coins smaller than a peso circulate. This date is the most common. The bird on the reverse, Pithecophaga jeffreyi, is better known as the monkey-eating eagle.

Recorded mintage: 120,000,000.

Specification: 6 g, copper-nickel, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 242.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1985 50 sentimo
• 1986 2500 piso "Reagan-Aquino"
• 1988 10 piso, People Power Revolution
• Coins and currency dated 1986
• return to coins of the Philippines