coin Id needed half usa.... other half ?

[traderoftreasures]

I got this old coin out of some of my parents el junko'. Can anyone tell me about this coin.? value?
added; it's just a lip larger than a quarter

 

[ivan salis]

american made coin (s = san francisco mint) 1944 from WW2 * ( coins like this one --were sent from the usa to the phillipines along with the american troops when we reinvaded them in 1944 to oust the japanese who invaded in 1941 ---its was for for use as "local money"-- the phillipines were a part of the "american territories" at that time --we invaded and took over the phillipines in 1899 during the spanish american war * and later when the war was thru we got the phillipines from spain as settlement in the spanish american war (1899-1901)--after WW2 (1946) they became a independant nation -- you got a 1 cent (centavo) coin --its been holed which hurts its collectors status normally --its of little fiscal value * normally say $1 but is still "historically" interesting since most likely some GI who was in the reinvade the phillipines group brought it back with him as a "I was there" sort of soviener

 

[Mackaydon]

The Philippine Islands were acquired by the US in 1899 and became an independent republic in 1946. In the interim, the US minted PI coins in Philadelphia and San Francisco--since 1903. Your 1944S Bronze one-centavo coin had a production run of 58M. Values today might be less than $1.00 for less than MS condition; otherwise, $2-$3 for MS conditions--without the hole.
Don....

 

[traderoftreasures]

Hey thanks for the info. Learn something new everyday, but it probably makes me forget more.