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1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED
1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED

1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED

$ 92.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Philippines
  • Year: 1936
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Composition: Silver
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    1936 3 COIN SET OF SILVER PHILIPPINE COMMs SURVIVORS MANILA BAY SEA SALVAGED. Complete set, unusual as can see where the 50 centavo rested on the peso. As the Japanese advanced on the Philippines, paper currency was burned and silver coins crated and dumped in Manila Bay, however Japanese divers recovered & melted tons of coins. After the war ended US divers recovered & melted tons of coins, sport divers recovered some, but many were lost forever due to strong currents scattering the coins from deteriorated crates.
    Minuscule number minted:
    Pesos = 10,000 each
    50 Centavo = 20,000
    Today’s survival of complete set estimated at
    1,000
    Greg