Charlie McHenry on Nostr: A forgotten leftover of a brief spell of US colonialism, uncovered while decluttering ...

A forgotten leftover of a brief spell of US colonialism, uncovered while decluttering my home office of decades. This bit of Filipino history is likely from my late father’s travels during the years he was a businessman focused on Pacific Rim countries. A ‘five centavo’ coin, unique because of its history, and the use of both Spanish (Centavo) and English on the coin, and the short period of time this kind of currency was actually in circulation on the Islands. I think it is a cool thing, so I thought I’d share. Who knows what we may find next 😎 (I should explain that my father had me at 65, which explains how he could have been traveling Australasia in 1945.)