A BRIEF HISTORY: These coins are an important part of American Coinage history, and are now listed in EVERY MAJOR REFERENCE/COIN GUIDE, as an AMERICAN COIN. This is the ONLY coin that was minted BY the United States Mint,in its entirety, for another country! Fact: The ONLY United States mint OUTside the States, was opened in MANILA, in 1920. Up until then ALL Philippine coins were minted in San Fran or Philadelphia. Fact: These coins have some of the LOWEST mintages of ANY U.S. minted coins! Fac