Is this a first on the forum?

[terrywl]

Found an interesting coin on Sat. So for a brain teaser, do you know what it is? I do! I located info on the coin on the internet, it is not a common coin. I will post the other side tomorrow. Good Luck! Terry in San Diego

 

[Tom_in_CA]

That's the US territory in the Phillipines, right? I've found a few of those in CA. I guess the returning GI's brought some of them home. They're pretty coins!

 

[utahshovelhead]

very cool look to that one.

 

[doc1964]

I found one of those (191 last November here in Michigan - a Philippines 10 centavo - as Tom in CA noted, it's when it was a US territory.

Doc

 

[Goes4ever]

Sweet find....why did u not post the other side?

 

[moose]

Cool, can't wait for the other side.

Moose

 

[sugar]

Sweet find....why did u not post the other side?

because he was asking us to guess what it was before doing so nice looking coin thanks for the pic

 

[Flambeaux]

I don't think its a Philippines coin. All the ones I have seen or dug up where copper/bronze. And most were in the 1940's. I could be wrong. The back looks like the one I do have...very interesting to say the least.

 

[tippyhound]

It is a most likely a Philippines silver 10 Centavos, Can't say for sure with out seeing the front, as the 10 Centavos, 20 Centavos, and the 50 Centavos all had the same reverse. This coin was minted at the San Fransico mint.

In 1984 I bought a 1904 Silver Proof set that contained the One Peso, the Fifty Centavos, the Twenty Centavos and the 10 Centavos and latter sold it. Wish I had kept it as it was a beautiful coin set. Rick IL

 

[terrywl]

It is a "ten centavos" coin and they spell out ten just as I did. Here is the other side

 

[bbqman]

cool coin

 

[twarner5@stny.rr.com]

its from phillipines