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Philippines –
United States Administration
1944 S Silver Fifty Centavos 27.5mm (9.93 grams) 0.750 Silver (0.2396 oz. ASW) San Francisco Mint
Reference: KM# 183
FIFTY CENTAVOS FILIPINAS, Figure of Liberty, a standing female figure (considered by many to be the daughter of the designer ‘Blanca’) in the act of striking the anvil with a hammer. This was done to show the work being done by Americans in building a better Philippines. On the right side (background) there is a simmering volcano, Mt. Mayon, topped with smoke rings.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA S 1944, Eagle with open wings standing atop shield.
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 The
Philippines,
officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino:
Republika ng Pilipinas), is a
sovereign
island country
in
Southeast Asia
situated in the western Pacific
Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under
three main geographical divisions from north to south:
Luzon
,
Visayas
, and
Mindanao
. The capital city of the Philippines
is
Manila
and the most populous city is
Quezon City
, both part of
Metro Manila
.
The
Philippines’ location on the Pacific
Ring of Fire
and close to the equator makes the
Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant
natural resources and some of the world’s greatest
biodiversity
. The Philippines has an area of
approximately 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), and a population of
more than 100 million with faster growth than any other east Asian country. It
is the
seventh-most populated country in Asia
and the
12th most populated country
in the world. An
additional 12 million Filipinos
live overseas
, comprising one of the world’s
largest
diasporas
. Multiple
ethnicities
and cultures are found throughout
the islands. In prehistoric times,
Negritos
were some of the archipelago’s
earliest inhabitants. They were followed by
successive waves
of
Austronesian peoples
. Exchanges with Chinese,
Malay
,
Indian
, and
Islamic
states occurred. Then, various
nations
were established under the rule of
Datus
,
Rajahs
,
Sultans
or
Lakans
.
The arrival of
Ferdinand Magellan
in
Homonhon
,
Eastern Samar
in 1521 marked the beginning of
Hispanic colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer
Ruy López de Villalobos
named the archipelago
Las Islas Filipinas
in honor of
Philip II of Spain
. With the arrival of
Miguel López de Legazpi
from Mexico City, in
1565, the first Hispanic settlement in the archipelago was established. The
Philippines became part of the
Spanish Empire
for more than 300 years. This
resulted in
Roman Catholicism
becoming the dominant
religion. During this time,
Manila
became the western hub of the
trans-Pacific
trade
connecting
Asia
with
Acapulco
in the
Americas
using
Manila galleons
.
As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, there followed in quick succession
the
Philippine Revolution
, which spawned the
short-lived
First Philippine Republic
, followed by the
bloody
Philippine–American War
of conquest by US
military force. Aside from the period of
Japanese occupation
, the
United States
retained sovereignty over the
islands until after
World War II
, when the Philippines was
recognized as an independent nation. Since then, the Philippines has often had a
tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a
dictatorship by
a non-violent revolution
.
The nation’s large population and
economic potential
have led it to be classified
as a
middle power
. It is a founding member of the
United Nations
,
World Trade Organization
,
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
, the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
forum, and
the
East Asia Summit
. It also hosts the
headquarters of the
Asian Development Bank
. The Philippines is
considered to be an
emerging market
and a
newly industrialized country
, which has an
economy transitioning from being one based on agriculture to one based more on
services and manufacturing.
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