Philippine twenty centavo coin

The Philippine twenty centavo (20¢) coin was a denomination of the Philippine peso.

Twenty centavos
Philippines
Value0.20 Philippine peso
Mass4 g
Diameter20.00 mm
EdgeReeded
Composition75% silver, 25% copper
Years of minting1880–1945
Obverse
DesignThe standing figure of an adolescent female was utilized. She is clad in a long, flowing gown and holds in her right hand a hammer, resting atop an anvil, as seen on the minor coins. Behind her is again Mt. Mayon, an almost perfectly conical volcanic mountain southeast of the capital city of Manila. The statement of value appears above her (Ten, Twenty,and/or Fifty Centavos) in English, while the name of the archipelago is written below in Spanish as FILIPINAS.
Design date1937
Reverse
DesignThe coat of arms of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Around this appeared the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the mint mark, and the date of coinage.
Design date1937

The one-fifth (1/5) peso was introduced by both the Spaniards and the Americans during the colonial era of the Philippines. It was replaced by a banknote of the same denomination introduced alongside the establishment of the Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) in 1949 and it was replaced by the twenty-five centavo coin.

The Philippines under U.S. Sovereignty
(1898–1935)
Commonwealth Issues
(1935–1945)
Obverse
Reverse
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