Philippines 1995 2500 piso
The second specimen was lot 3118 in Goldberg sale 32. The third specimen was lot 23483 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "PHILIPPINES. 2500 Piso, ND (1994). Proof Details. Issued for the Papal Visit in 1995. Brilliant and attractive with mirrored fields and frosty devices. A few stray handling marks appear in the fields but are not distracting."This is one of the less common issues of the nineties. It commemorates the visit of Pope John Paul II to the Philippines, the only Catholic country in Asia. Like many countries, many of the inhabitants are only nominally Catholic but everyone was happy to throw a big party for a distinguished visitor. Along with this denomination, silver 100 piso and 200 piso and a gold 5000 piso coin were issued, all with the same design.
Recorded mintage: unknown but not common. The SCWC recorded 1,000 minted for the silver 200 piso.
Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.235 oz AGW (same standard as a British sovereign).
Catalog reference: KM-266; Fr-17.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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