US-Philippines Registry clarifications
dalbert
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I tried posting this in the Q&A forum so that it would hopefully get to David Hall and the rest of PCGS, but I got a "Not authorized to post in this forum" message. Anyway, I am going to try to post here and see what everyone thinks. Here's hoping it does make it to PCGS.
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Glad to see that the US-Philippines coinage has been added to the registry. However, there are a few things about it that I am unclear about/think should be reconsidered:
a) For the 50c and complete circulation strike sets, why is the 1903-S 50c included? If what I know is still correct, there are only 3 known to exist (has PCGS certified any of these?)
b) For the type set, shouldn't there be more coins in the set? Here's the analogy:
One centavo
1903-1936 -- territorial issues (with the Eagle)
1937-1944 -- Commonwealth issues (totally different designs and KM#)
Five Centavo
1903-1928 - Large size
1930-1935 - Reduced size
1937-1941 - Commonwealth
1944-1945 - Commonwealth, Copper/Nickel/Zinc
Ten Centavo
1903-1904 - Large size
1907-1935 - Reduced size
1937-1945 - Commonwealth
Twenty Centavo
1903-1905 - Large size
1907-1929 - Reduced size
1928 only - Mule (a 1 year type, and as the name implies, its different from the others -- even the Krause catalog lists it under a different KM number)
1937-1945 - Commonwealth
Fifty Centavo
1903-1905 - Large size
1905-1921 - Reduced size
1944-1945 - Commonwealth
It was nice to see that the 5 centavo had a separation between reduced size and the Copper/Nickel/Zinc versions (which I assume was based on the material used), but shouldn't there be an extra demarkation for the design? For the 20c especially, there should be an extra entry for the Mule (it is a different KM# and the design is different from the others in the series)
With the composition listed on the registry, it seems that there is no difference between reduced size issues and Commonwealth issues
Just my two cents worth. Hope they make sense
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Glad to see that the US-Philippines coinage has been added to the registry. However, there are a few things about it that I am unclear about/think should be reconsidered:
a) For the 50c and complete circulation strike sets, why is the 1903-S 50c included? If what I know is still correct, there are only 3 known to exist (has PCGS certified any of these?)
b) For the type set, shouldn't there be more coins in the set? Here's the analogy:
One centavo
1903-1936 -- territorial issues (with the Eagle)
1937-1944 -- Commonwealth issues (totally different designs and KM#)
Five Centavo
1903-1928 - Large size
1930-1935 - Reduced size
1937-1941 - Commonwealth
1944-1945 - Commonwealth, Copper/Nickel/Zinc
Ten Centavo
1903-1904 - Large size
1907-1935 - Reduced size
1937-1945 - Commonwealth
Twenty Centavo
1903-1905 - Large size
1907-1929 - Reduced size
1928 only - Mule (a 1 year type, and as the name implies, its different from the others -- even the Krause catalog lists it under a different KM number)
1937-1945 - Commonwealth
Fifty Centavo
1903-1905 - Large size
1905-1921 - Reduced size
1944-1945 - Commonwealth
It was nice to see that the 5 centavo had a separation between reduced size and the Copper/Nickel/Zinc versions (which I assume was based on the material used), but shouldn't there be an extra demarkation for the design? For the 20c especially, there should be an extra entry for the Mule (it is a different KM# and the design is different from the others in the series)
With the composition listed on the registry, it seems that there is no difference between reduced size issues and Commonwealth issues
Just my two cents worth. Hope they make sense
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