Philippine Coins: 1983 50 Centavo Error Coin
1983 50 Centavo coin. Flora and fauna series (1983-1990) Philippines
The first minting of the Philippine 50 centavo coin of the flora and fauna in 1983 had a major error on it. As always Banko Sentral was quick to correct the error. I don’t know how many error coins were actually put into circulation, but according to some websites, this error coin is quite rare nowadays, but the price is still relatively cheap.
Can you guess the error?
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| Bangko Sentral made an error in the Philippine Eagle’s scientific name. Can you guess which if the above is the mistake? The left coin reads, “PITHECOPHAGA JEFFERYI.” The one on the right reads, “PITHECOBHAGA JEFFERYI.” |
Did you notice the difference? The P and B. so which one is the error coin?
The one on the left is the correct one. The one on the right is the error coin. I didn’t know about this error until recently and I am lucky enough to have lots of this error coins in hand thanks to a forgotten bag full of flora and fauna series coins at home. The error coin was still legal tender before and was accepted for trade.
I don’t know the going rate for a good 50 centavo error coin, but i read in a forum once that some people are willing to trade fairly rare foreign coins for this. I have approximately 20 of these some are very ugly, but some are still in good condition. If anyone wants a coin like this, trade me something for it. hehe. O_O
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| This error coin in still quite good in appearance, but you can clearly see the scratches on the coin. The correct coin at the top is better looking, but then again the error was minted first, making it older the the correct coin. |
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| A better closeup of the error. |
Its kind of cool to have one of these and I am a proud owner of a piece of history that tell me even banks make mistakes. >_<
Below is the coin I separated. For me this is the most visually appealing of the bunch.
“PITHECOBHAGA JEFFERYI”
1983 50 Centavo coin. Flora and Fauna series
Enjoy!
Barya at Perang Papel 
I have a 1993 republicika NG Pilipinas 50 Centavo coin gold with and eagle and some guy on the other side Its in mint condition and looks brand new but can’t find it any were to know what it’s value may be.
you can reach me at redsky057@gmail.com
or skylergibbons2gmail.com
Hi Skyler. Thanks for the comment. The coin you are referring to is no longer in circulation and its getting quite hard to find in mint condition. My suggestion is you keep your coin in mind condition and wait for its price to go up in a few years. For now the going rate for a coin that in good condition is about 50 pesos. That about 1.25 dollars US. For now the coin is relatively cheap and those in non-mint condition are relatively easy to obtain. The coin you have is part of the Improved flora and fauna series.
You can also check the link below. I’m sure this is what you have.
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4166.html
meron po ako ng 50 centavos error coin magkano po ba ito nabibbili
dalawa po ung ganyan ko eh
ung skin po maliit n 50 centvo coin simlaki ng 10 centavo
Ito po siguro ang tinutukoy ninyo.
hi merun acung 5 peso bilL ,matanong cu if magkano kaya eun sa auction??
Tnx
also own those 50 centavo coin. also have a 1998 stamp that has a wrong spelling of names of philippine whale of philippines. immediately informed the exhibitor and told me it will be corrected. next day bought again that same sheet, still not replaced. so i ended up with araound 15 sheets of this stamp so that a whale of a tale! hehehwe…..
I have 1958 fifty cents.I just want to know the value of this old coin?
I have 50 centavos 1983
I found one of the 1983 50 sentimos error coins in my collection today, but disappointed it’s not of great value. Oh well. Interesting trades considered….
how much is the value of the coin?