Philippine fifty-centavo coin
The Philippine fifty-centavo coin () (50¢) was a denomination of Philippine currency. It was minted for the Philippines from 1864 to 1994 and was demonetized in 1998. History. Spanish administration. Prior to 1864, coins valued at 1/2 a "Spanish dollar (or peso)" or "four reales" issued by Spain and Spanish America were generally accepted in the Philippines for half a peso. The half-peso coin was considered as the successor to the pre-Hispanic silver denomination "rupee" or "rupiah", locally called "salapi". In 1864 a silver 50-centimo coin was issued specifically for the Philippines weighing  12.98 grams of 0.9 fine silver (reduced to 0.835 fine after 1881). United States administration. In 1903 the 50-centavo coin equivalent to 1/4th a U.S. dollar was minted for the Philippines, weighing 13.48 grams of 0.9 fine silver. Its specifications were reduced from 1907 to 10.0 grams of 0.75 fine silver; this was minted until 1945. Errors. Some of the coins of the "Flora and Fauna Series" had an error; in the fifty-centavo coin, the text was "Pitecobhaga jefferyi" instead of "Pitecophaga jefferyi", It was later replaced by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Philippine fifty-centavo coin The