How did THAT get to HERE??

[Javadroid]

This isn't an amazing find in terms of value, but it never ceases to amaze me how we find things that seem so out of place from where they originated or belong.
I was doing a bit of coin shooting at a local park here in small town northwest Arkansas and got a handful of clad, plust this:



Makes you wonder how a coin goes over 8,000 miles and lands where I pulled this one. It's pretty cool looking, but when I first saw it I was hoping for an old US half dollar. Still an interesting find, I think. Thanks for looking & HH!

 

[Steve in PA]

A lot of US Navy vets, passed through PI. I still have some Philippines currency. A lot of guys married women over there, brought them back. That opened the door for all of her family members. The Philippines are ( or were ) a US protectorate, so they could enlist in our military, and gain citizenship, and here comes their relatives, and as Samanthy said, work visas.

People of Philippine descent are not as common in Arkansas, as along both coasts.

Cool find.

Yep I was gonna say US Navy

 

[Professor of Engineering]

You never know with this hobby!