MANILA GALLEON TRADE

Culion Leper Colony 1904 - 1930

In 1904, the civil government of the Philippines issued an Executive Order creating a leper colony on the remote island of Culion, in the northernmost chain of Palawan islands, which was referred to at that time as the “Island of the Living Dead.”

1/2 CENTAVO

 1913

Mintage: 17,000

1 CENTAVO

1913

Mintage: 33,000

TYPE I

One-button coat, legible motto "7" in date over "T" in Centavo.

1927PM

Mintage: 30,000

TYPE II

One-Button coat, illegible motto, end of ribbon two widths from sheild edge, "7" over "N"

1927PM

Mintage: Included above

TYPE III

Two-button coat, illegible motto, end of ribbon one width from sheild edge.

1927PM

Mintage: Included above

1930

RARE

5 CENTAVOS

1913

Mintage: 6,600

 1927

Mintage: 16,000

10 CENTAVOS

1913

Mintage: 6,600

1920

Mintage: 20,000

1930

Mintage: 17,000

20 CENTAVOS

1913

Mintage: 10,000

1920

Mintage: 10,000

 1922PM

Mintage: 10,000

1 PESO

1913

Mintage: 8,600

1920

Mintage: 4,000

1922

Mintage: 8,280

1922PM

Mintage: Included above

1925

Mintage: 20,000

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