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My first foreign coin!

kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I don't count that Loonie I found on a sidewalk-- I dug this out of the Vargas Middle School's pile of dirt from a huge remodeling project.


Obverse: 25 Sentimo, "Republika ng Pilipinas", year mark
Reverse: logo of the Bankgo Sentral ng Pilipinas

Shape: round
Edge: plain
Material: brass
Composition: 65% copper, 35% zinc

Weight: 3.8 grams
Diameter: 20 mm

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Imagine! Some family from the Philippines, visiting the US, then dropping the coin before they could take it back home and spend it.
"I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.

Comments

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting.... or maybe they had relocated here..... and it was a pocket piece... image Cheers, RickO
  • DUBBADUBBA Posts: 935
    looks like that coin has 2 different dates on it..."99" & "93" ? thats unusual....hh
    "see ya at the beach"
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  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It does... not sure what's up with that. They also look, new, like the golden dollar, all brassy.
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
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