Owner Comments:
Specifications: Bronze (95% copper, 5% zinc and tin), 80 Grains (4.7000 grams), 24mm.
The obverse design of the 1903 through 1936 Centavo shows a young Filipino male seated next to an anvil holding a hammer in his right hand, his left arm raised, and in the background to his left is a billowing volcano. The reverse design depicts an eagle with spread wings perched atop an American shield. Business strikes using this design were made at the Philadelphia Mint from 1903 through 1905, the San Francisco Mint from 1908 through 1920 and the Manila Mint from 1920 through 1936. The Manila mint was the only United States branch mint ever established outside the continental United States. Proof issues were made at the Philadelphia Mint from 1903 through 1906 and again in 1908.
This rare PR66 RD beauty was purchased at the Dr. Greg Pineda Philippine Collection Auction. The auction catelog describes this specimen as "a fabulous coin, just a wonderful beauty". GEM PROOF One Centavos in Full Red are EXTREMELY RARE. The combined NGC/PCGS population for this coin in PF66 RED is eight coins with only six specimens graded higher.
Mintage: 2,558
NGC Population: 3/1, PCGS Population: 5/5