Philippines, 1903 AD., US Administration, 50 Centavos, KM 167.
Philippines, US Administration, engraver: Melecio Figueroa (reverse), 1903 AD.,
50 Centavos (30,5 mm / 13,41 g), 0.900 silver, 13,48 g theor. mint weight, mintage 3.102.000 , coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), reeded edge,
Obv.: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 1903 , eagle with wings spread above shield of arms.
Rev.: FIFTY - CENTAVOS / FILIPINAS , female (Liberty) standing frontal, holding hammer on anvil to left, the smoking volcano of Mt. Mayon in the distance to r.
KM 167 .
Year / Mintage
1903 3.102.000
1903 2,558 proof
1903 S 2 ultra rare; with mintmark
1904 11,000 without mintmark
1904 1,355 Proof
1904 S 2,160,000
1905 471 Proof only; without mintmark
1905 S 852,000
1906 500 Proof only
The Philippines was ceded to the United States as part of the settlement between Spain and the United States at the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. A self-governing commonwealth was established in 1935. The U.S. granted the Republic of The Philippines full independence on July 4, 1946.
During the United States administration, Congress was responsible for issuing coinage. The first U.S./Philippine coins were minted in 1903 in Philadelphia and San Francisco and bear both the Identities of the United States and "Filipinas" (Spanish for The Philippines).