When we talk about Philippine Coins, there’s always discussions about commemorative coin issued by The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or Central Bank of the Philippines. For every list, there’s always common, the number one. Talking about the first commemorative coin of the Philippines will bring us way back to Pre 1980’s, particularly the 1940’s, when the first Commemorative Coin was minted. The theme was the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese by General Douglas MacArthur. After the granting of independence to the Philippines in 1946, no coins were minted for the Philippine Republic until 1958, other than a small silver commemorative issue in 1947 to honor General Douglas MacArthur. Totals of 200,000 50 centavos and 100,000 one-peso coins were minted with the general's image on the obverse and the national coat-of-arms on the reverse. Struck at the San Francisco Mint, they carry the "S" mintmark below the date. This commemorative Silver peso to honor Gen

I have been searching the net trying to look for any information about Philippine coins. This is probably not the grandest info you’ll come across about Philippine coin but still, what the heck! Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas have issued a lot of commemorative coins for past presidents of the country. If you ever wonder who they are: Emilio Aguinaldo Manuel L. Quezon Sergio Osmeña Manuel Roxas Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand E. Marcos Corazon C. Aquino Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Ejercito Estrada Gloria Macapagal–Arroyo Commemorative coins may vary in size with the ordinary circulation coins. These coins were minted to honor a specific person or recognize the significance of a place or event that made a mark in the history of Philippines. Most of these commemorative coins are minted from precious metals like gold and silver making them extraordinary and more expensive. Other than circulation coins, the BSP also issues commemorative coins which are also legal tender.

Depending on what one’s have developed a keen interest into, people collects a variety of things. From stamps to keys; vases to flowers; mugs to paintings; oil cans to kitchen tins, I personally am fond of collecting coins. Many people around me have always asked me how much can he sell his coins. A coin can have a significantly impressive amount depending on a lot of things. Rarity is the best factor for your coin to have a great value, another is the age of the coin, it’s significance historically and of course it’s condition. I am writing this article and probably update this from time to time in accordance with research, for the collectors of Philippine coins. The following are coins of the Philippines really worth to collect: 1903s Fifty Centavos 1903 s fifty centavos have it legend to be very rare amongst USPI coins series in all denomination. According to coinquest.com its value could reach up to $1000 in average circulation condition due to its rarity of hav

Numismatists, for our information are the person, either student or collector who loves collecting coins. Numismatics moreover, is the study and art of collecting currency including coins, tokens paper money and the likes. It is remarkable that the collecting of coins may have existed as old as ancient times. Caesar Augustus (whoever that be) gave as Saturnalia gifts 'coins of every device, including old pieces of the kings and foreign money'. De Asse et Partibus (1514) by Guillaume Budé was the first book on coins. I consider myself to be a numismatists. I started collecting coins as early as I was 7. Curiosity mostly was what pushed me to collect those coins. Old, rusty, moist, uneven, having imperfections was what it is all about. It started with an unfamiliar coin given by my mother, and before I realized that it is  a Philippine coin, I already have a few to collect. Ever since then, I have tried to collect as many as I can. And as much as possible as old as it can