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Hi...i was looking through my coin collection with my boyfriend and he was rather curious about a coin i have from the Philippines....On the front it has a man kneeling down with a volcano in the background and it has the words "one centavo filipinas" and on the back it has an eagle holding up a crest with the words "United States of America 1912." I know it is from when they were a territory of the U.S. ceded from Spain but thats about it...any info would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi Miranda,

Here's a couple web pages with info about Philippines coinage :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_peso#Coins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_Philippine_peso

In 1912 they minted 3 million of these coins.  Current value in circulated condition is about $3.00

I hope this helps,

Dan

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