Pope Paul VI Commemorative Nickel 1 Peso Coin, minted to commemorate the visit of Pope Paul VI to the Philippines 1970. For me, this is very rare coin which we can see two "heads" in single coin because one side features Pope Paul VI head and while the other side features President Ferdinand Marcos head.
Bought
this item from "Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas", selling price is only
Php100.00/pc. Unfortunately, the teller just give me directly this coin
without sealed case because of that... we'll expect an light scratches
and some tiny dirt print, probably during handling the item. To his
overall grading, it's a fine and cheap additional piece for our
collection.
During my college days I've been fascinated to collect coins. this is after I've heard the news that all old Philippine coins will be replace by a new design or series. However, some bad events happen and lost all my stuff. I just started back again nowadays to continue my long old hobby.
Old coins are much more interesting and valuable than newer coins for most collectors grading. But it depends on metal contain of course. Most old coins are made of valuable materials such as silver & gold, t... Continue reading...
US government administered the affairs in the Philippines from 1903 to 1935 after the Spaniard colonization. The commonwealth formed after 1936 and the former shield design at the back of the coin changed but the front design stayed the same.
Denomination: FIVE CENTAVOS Obverse: figure of a man seated beside an anvil and holding a hammer with a volcano (Mt. Mayon) erupting in the background, "Five Centavos", "Filipinas" Reverse: arms of the Philippine-American Commonwealth, "United States of Ame... Continue reading...
New banknote series issued by Philippine Banko Sentral last December 2010 to replaced the older version. I will soon filling this site my other personal collections and some of my friends shared items. For the meantime, we could flashback our banknote history through the below video I found at youtube.
