Philippine Centavo Obverse / Reverse - Reversed

Hello Numista,

I was researching Philippine Centavos on NGC's website and also in the Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins. They both show the Obverse of the coin as being the Man and Volcano, and the Reverse as the shield and date, not the other way around.

Its also noted in the NGC Journal that the 1944 Centavo composition is brass, not bronze.

Thanks for your comments.

Bill Seldon

Probably an error. If you want, you can submit it to krause.

Its the other way around - Numista has it wrong. I checked the Red Book as well. Obverse is Man and Volcano, Reverse is shield/date.

On Numista we do not trust WC, the typical standard is "country obverse, value reverse" or heads and tails, where heads is a portrait or COA, and reverse is value or allegory.

Good to know.

Is this Numista's "typical standard", or is it written down somewhere?

Thanks.

Typical standard.