View source for Culion 1927-PM centavo

[[Image:SB124-58116 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 58116]]
[[Image:SB124-58116 rev.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 58116 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $80. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Philippines|PHILIPPINES]]. Culion Leper Colony. Centavo, 1927-PM. Manila Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, VF Details. Type 1." This coin was minted for the leper colony on Culion Island in 1927. There was a widespread belief that leprosy could be spread by exchanging money, so several governments issued special coins for their leper colonies. Besides the Philippines, leper colony coins are known from [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Brazil]]. Advances in medical knowledge have dispelled this myth and most of the colonies have closed and the coinage redeemed. The Philippine Health Service issued base-metal one centavos for Culion Island in 1913 and 1927, each a different type. Three varieties exist for 1927, KM 3 (shown here), KM 4 and KM A5, varying in the details of Rizal's coat.

''Recorded mintage:'' 30,000 (including KM 4 and KM A5). 

''Specification:'' copper-nickel, 21.2 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-3. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Culion 1913 1/2 centavo]]
* [[Culion 1913 5 centavos]]
* [[Culion 1922-PM peso]]
* [[Culion 1925 peso]]
* [[Culion 1927 5 centavos]]
* [[Culion 1930 10 centavos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1927]]

[[Category: Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale]]