Philippines 1983 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This type was issued by the Philippines for circulation 1983-90, to be superseded in 1991 by a smaller brass coin (KM 242.3).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 common. The bird on the reverse, Pithecophaga jeffreyi, is better known as the monkey-eating eagle.

Recorded mintage: 27,644,000.

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.

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