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| | CoinResource - United States Coins History and Mint Information |
 | | Dropped from the nickel in 1883, the phrase reappeared on the nickel in 1938. | | | U.S. coin denominations used in the past were the half-cent, two-cent, three-cent, and 20-cent pieces, as well as a small silver coin called a half-dime. | | | Other coin denominations in common use today are the 25-cent, 10-cent, five-cent, and one-cent pieces, familiarly known as the quarter, dime, nickel, and penny. |
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http://www.coinresource.com/articles/FRB_united_states_coins.htm
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| | United States Coin Glossary |
| | Commemorative coins are generally sold at a premium and are not meant to circulate. | | | Sheldon scale: the grading scale developed by Dr. William Sheldon that ranks coins on a scale of 1 to 70, with 70 representing perfection. | | | Mint State: “brand new” or Uncirculated coins that range from 60 to 70 on a grading scale of 1 to 70. |
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http://www.bestcoin.com/glossary.htm
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| | U.S. Treasury - FAQs: Denominations of Coins |
| | They are the half-cent coin, the two-cent coin, the three-cent coin, the half-dime coin (although it was replaced by the five-cent coin), a twenty-cent coins, and the various denominations of gold coins. | | | Except for the copper penny, all coins were produced in proportionate metallic content to the dollar, and their sizes were regulated accordingly. | | | But back in 1793, when the first U.S. coins were produced, the United States Mint linked the sizes of coins to a particular metal standard—the silver dollar. |
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http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/coins/denominations.shtml
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| | United States Coin Grading |
| | The firm is responsible for dramatic improvements throughout the rare coin industry which have forever changed the way rare coins are bought and sold. | | | His scale, which runs from one to 70, was originally devised specifically for large cents, but it is now applied to all series. | | | In 1948, a well-known numismatist by the name of Dr. William Sheldon attempted to standardize coin grading by proposing what is now known as the Sheldon Scale. |
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http://www.bestcoin.com/grading.htm
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| | Raw Obsolete Coins for Sale: Frank's Collectible Coins |
| | Some coins like the half cent, about the size of a present day nickel and the large cent, nearly the size of a half dollar, made of solid copper, became obsolete because of inflation. | | | The two cent piece, struck in 1864 in copper, is about the size of a present day nickel. | | | Our ten cent coin contained one tenth the amount, the quarter dollar coin contained one forth the amount, and the half dollar coin contained one half the amount of silver contained in the dollar. |
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http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/shoemaker/113/rtype/type.htm
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| | Littleton Coin Company's "Collector's Corner" |
| | In the past, that idea had been a major problem for the two-cent piece, as there were already problems with the size of the large cent, and the two cent piece, if made of the same alloy, would be twice as large. | | | The new bronze Indian Head cent was introduced and followed by the production of nearly 20 million of the new two-cent pieces, followed in later years by the new three- and five-cent coins. | | | The lack of large numbers of date collectors can be seen in the prices, as basically, the years with mintages of at least one million are very similar in price whether the date had a mintage of 14 million or barely 1 million. |
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http://www.littletoncoin.com/html/PaulGreen4.html
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| | America's two cent coin |
| | Nearly 20 million two-cent coins were minted in its first year, 1864, and the coin was very popular. | | | To combat the coin shortage, American businessmen produced a cheap bronze token which could be used as a money substitute. | | | With the disappearance of the buffalo nickel in 1938, it has appeared on every coin and, in fact, was so mandated by Congress in 1955. |
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http://coco.essortment.com/twocentscoins_rlxh.htm
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| | The Wonderful World of Coins Journal of Antiques & Collectibles May Issue 2002 |
| | generally a popular coin and the mintage between 1863 and 1872 ranged from a high of 22, 725 coins in 1866 down to 1,950 coins in 1872. | | | From the number of worn two-cent coins abounding in the market, we can determine that, the two-cent bronze coin was well used, even if it wasn’t popular. | | | This attractive coin, slightly larger then a nickel five cent coin, was also designed by James B. Longacre. |
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http://www.journalofantiques.com/May02/coinsmay02.htm
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| | United States Revenue Stamped Paper - the Two Cent Civil War Designs |
| | Two users had the imprint intentionally printed on the back of their checks. | | | It is uncommon when used on one side of a receipt, but William Topping and Company kept books of them with the revenue printed on both sides, so this version (C19a) is much more common. | | | H3f, with two yellow lines below the imprint, appears to have been used only in Colorado. |
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| | Two-cent piece (U.S. coin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | During the mid- and late-1970s there was some discussion about reviving the two-cent denomination (in conjunction with reducing the mintage of the one-cent piece), but nothing became of it. | | | The two-cent piece was made of 95% copper with tin and zinc making up the remainder. | | | The design is similar to the shield nickel of the same period, which was also designed by Longacre. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_two_cent_coin
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America |
| | In 1902 the United States produced about one third of the entire coal supply of the world. | | | In the cause of secession the loss of life must have been quite as great, and the amount of suffering very much greater, because the South, in the era preceding the war, obtained almost everything in the way of manufactures from the North or from Europe. | | | Still more valuable than the production of coal is that of iron, which in the year mentioned amounted to $367,000,000. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15156a.htm
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| | United States coinage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For historical reasons, the size of the coins does not increase consistently with their face value. | | | Many object to the low values and cumbersome sizes of U.S. coins, as unlike other First World nations, the U.S. has never adjusted the basic scheme of its coinage to accommodate the many-fold inflation of the past century. | | | Non-circulating bullion coins are also produced by the United States Mint. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coin
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| | The Indian Head Cent - Coin Collecting |
| | Even the nickel alloy cents were starting to disappear from circulation because the price of nickel was climbing in the commodities’ market, and once again, it was costing the U.S. Mint more to manufacture the one-cent piece then what the coin was worth. | | | By the time the California Gold Rush started, the large cent, which was in circulation at that time, had become very unpopular. | | | You Are Here: BellaOnline > Hobbies & Crafts > Coin Collecting > Articles |
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| | United States coinage |
| | The current dollar coin has an image of Sacagawea on the obverse, and is minted of a golden-colored brass-manganese alloy. | | | Several non-circulating bullion coins are also produced by the United States Mint: | | | This "golden dollar" was designed to replace the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, which was produced from 1979-1981 and again in 1999. |
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http://www.guajara.com/wiki/en/wikipedia/u/un/united_states_coinage.html
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| | Your Two Cents Worth |
| | Silver and gold coins still remained hidden---those who held them feared the government would seize them if they were brought out of hiding---and it became necessary to issue paper money in denominations smaller than a dollar to replace the missing coins. | | | The two cent piece was the first US coin to carry this now famous motto. | | | This much larger coin was designed by James Longacre and featured a wreath on the reverse in which the denomination was placed. |
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http://www.collectsource.com/yourtwo.htm
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| | Math Trek: Coins for Making Change Efficiently, Science News Online, May 10, 2003 |
| | Instead of replacing the popular dime with another coin, it's also possible to see whether the addition of a fifth coin would help. | | | Despite its apparent inefficiency, the current U.S. system of coin denominations has a striking advantage over many other possible systems. | | | For the current four-denomination system, he found that, on average, a change-maker must return 4.70 coins with every transaction. |
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http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20030510/mathtrek.asp
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| | Two Cent Pieces |
| | The United States Two Cents is an unusual denomination that first appeared in 1864, during a period of coin shortages caused by the Civil War. | | | Attempts to introduce the Two Cents denomination occurred in 1806 and 1836, but both efforts failed due to technical considerations. | | | Two Cents were issued from 1864 to 1873 and mintages declined steadily each year. |
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http://www.coinfacts.com/two_cents/two_cents_by_type.html
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| | COIN |
| | Search the COIN Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available). | | | Search the surname COIN at GenForum.com (if available). | | | Find graves of people named COIN at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know). |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/surname/US/C/COIN.htm
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| | United States Coin Exchange International |
| | This is the internet home of United States Coin Exchange International, also known as USCEINET. | | | Our goal is to provide a collection of coins from the United States and around the world for your shopping pleasure. | | | Please take some time to also peruse our current auction listings on eBay. |
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