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	U.S. Treasury - Fact Sheet on the Manufacturing Process of U.S. Coins
		The five-cent coin is composed of a homogeneous alloy containing 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel.
		The ten-cent coin, quarter-dollar coin, half-dollar coin and one-dollar coin are all "clad" coins, produced from three coin strips that are bonded together and rolled to the required thickness.
		The face of these coins is 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel and the core, which is visible along the edges of the coins, is composed of pure copper.
	www.ustreas.gov /education/fact-sheets/currency/manufacturing.html (532 words)

	U.S. Treasury - Fact Sheet on the History of the Lincoln Cent
		When the Lincoln one-cent coin made its initial appearance in 1909, it marked a radical departure from the accepted styling of United States coins, introducing as it did for the first time a portrait coin in the regular series.
		August 2, 1909, the new coin was released to the public.
		This coin is identical in size and appearance to the predominantly copper cent issued before 1982, but this modification saves the Government an estimated $25 million in metal costs every year.
	www.ustreas.gov /education/fact-sheets/currency/lincoln-cent.shtml (962 words)

	CoinResource - United States Coins History and Mint Information
		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.
		Coins minted in Philadelphia bear a P or no mint mark; those minted in Denver, a D; in San Francisco, an S; and in West Point, a W. Although the Coinage Act of 1965 specified that no mint marks would be used for five years, Congress authorized in late 1967 that mint marks be resumed.
		They are the Lincoln one-cent piece, adopted in 1909; the 25-cent piece portraying Washington, first minted in 1932; the five-cent piece honoring Jefferson, adopted in 1938; the Franklin D. Roosevelt dime, introduced in 1946; and the Kennedy half-dollar, which appeared in 1964.
	www.coinresource.com /articles/FRB_united_states_coins.htm (1271 words)

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		Following that year, salvaged ammunition shells made their way into the minting process, and it was not uncommon to see coins featuring streaks of brass or having a considerably darker finish than other issues.
		In 1974, a few test cents were struck in aluminum, but were never released for circulation.
		The Lincoln Memorial is shown on the reverse of the United States penny.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Penny_(U.S._coin).html (281 words)

	US Coins
		However, only cents are in everyday use as divisions of the dollar; "eagle" and "mill" are largely unknown to the general public, though mills are sometimes used in matters of tax levies.
		Encased coins, rolled coins, and specially-made good luck tokens are carried as lucky pocket pieces in many parts of the world, but in the United States, when it comes to standard-issue money, tradition dictates that the luckiest greenback is the rare $2.00 bill, and the luckiest coin is the silver dime.
		Initial reaction to the coins was quite negative: Liberty appeared to be in a fright and the chain was seen by many as representing bondage and slavery as opposed to strength and union.
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	How the United States Mint Makes Coins
		The United States Mint is part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
		Ninety percent of the United States Mint’s output is circulating coins.
		Depending on the coin, the finished clay model is three to twelve times the size of the final coin.
	www.nvo.com /ecnewletter/howtheunitedstatesmintmakescoins (1836 words)

	Coin Collecting - National currency of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Act required coins to have "...an impression emblematic of liberty" and the Mint used harnessed horses to drive the machinery that produced coinage.
		The 1c coin is almost completely made of copper, whereas the rest of the coins are alloys of copper and nickel, so that they look like silver.
		Coin denominations issued in the past but no longer in use include the half-cent, two-cent, three-cent, and 20-cent copper pieces and a small silver coin called a half-dime.
	www.fleur-de-coin.com /e-library/us.asp?hide=true (790 words)

	coins-xpert.com - Coin News
		Hoarding coins due to their money value goes back to the beginning of coinage, collecting them as art pieces was a later development.
		One thing I have noticed is that collectors of national coins tend to specialise in the coins of their own country.
		The Indian Head one-cent coin was produced by the United States Mint from 1859 through 1909.
	www.coins-xpert.com (418 words)

	Two-cent piece (United States coin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The two-cent coin was produced in the United States from 1864-1873 with decreasing mintages throughout that time.
		Two cent pieces were minted in both proof and regular issues.
		The two cent piece was authorized by Congress on April 22, 1864 by the Coinage Act, and the same law that eliminated the coins in 1873 also did away with the half dime and the silver three-cent piece (the copper-nickel three cent piece continued to be minted through 1889).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Two-cent_piece_(United_States_coin) (402 words)

	Collectors Corner " Quick Overview of Coin Collecting "
		Coins in popular series such as one-cent pieces, silver dollars, and commemoratives (among many others) will sell for more than coins in a series collected by a few (such as streetcar tokens).
		Coins are often graded on a numerical scale from 1 (worn nearly smooth) to 70 (perfect).
		Although $20 gold coins, containing approximately one once of gold, were first issued for circulation in 1850, these impressively large and heavy pieces were primarily used in banking channels and were not used by the average citizen, for whom $20 might be the best part of a weeks wages.
	www.collectorscorner.org /coin.html (1927 words)

	Cent (United States coin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One aluminum cent was donated to the Smithsonian Institution.
		The only significant divergence is that the 3 was non-descending (the same size as a 0, 1, or 2) in the early history, before switching to descending for one year in 1934 and then permanently (as of 2004) in 1943.
		This redesign was passed as part of the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, which also mandates that in 2009, numismatic cents will be issued for collectors that have the metallic copper content of cents minted in 1909.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_one_cent_coin (921 words)

	Practical Information for Everyday Living – Living in the U.S. – EducationUSA
		The basic unit of exchange in the United States is the dollar ($), which is divided into 100 cents (¢).
		A one-cent coin is a penny, a five-cent coin is a nickel, a ten-cent coin is a dime, and a 25-cent coin is a quarter.
		In the United States, tips (gratuities) are not automatically added to bills, as is customary in some other countries.
	educationusa.state.gov /life/everyday/money.htm (2362 words)

	What is my Coin Worth?
		Once you have a general idea of the coin's value, you can take it to a local coin dealer and ask them what it is worth and how they would grade it.
		Both types are proof coins and none were released by the mint for general circulation.
		In fact, all coins with an "S" mint mark after 1974 are proof or commutative coins from the San Francisco mint.
	penny-trader.fl-ink.com /coin-worth.html (990 words)

	Five Cent Pieces for Sale from South Western Collectibles Grading Service
		The term was originally applied to the Indian cent coin from 1859-1864 which was composed of copper-nickel.
		The points on the coin that wear most readily are the high point of the Indian's cheekbone and the hair near the part.
		Denver coins are usually weaker strikes than San Francisco pieces and present the collector with challenges like the 1918 through 1920 issues, and the 1925 and 1926 coins, along with the famous 1937-D 3-legged Buffalo.
	www.swcgs.com /Coins_For_Sale/Five_Cents_For_Sale.html (1329 words)

	eBay Guides - US Coins Buying Guide
		Coin collecting ranks as one of the world’s most popular hobbies and each coin minted in the United States gives you the opportunity to hold a piece of history in your hands.
		Eagle coins: Eagle coins are coins with a face value of $10.
		Large date coins or large letter coins have larger dates or lettering and the terms imply that medium or small numbers/letters exist for the coin or series.
	pages.ebay.com /buy/guides/united-states-us-coins-buying-guide (1573 words)

	Wikinfo \| United States coinage
		All coins are fractions of the United States dollar and are created by the United States Mint.
		The "eagle," "half-eagle" and "quarter-eagle" were specifically given these names in the Act of Congress that originally authorized them ("An Act establishing a Mint, and regulating Coins of the United States", section 9, April 2, 1792).
		The current dollar coin has an image of Sacagawea on the obverse, and is minted of a golden-colored brass-manganese alloy.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=United_States_coinage (292 words)

	Small Canadian One Cent - Coin Collecting
		1947 cents were made for the 1948 cents with a small maple leaf after the 1947 date.
		The Queen is wearing a laurel wreath in her hair on this type of coin.
		In 1980, the one cent coin became thinner at 1.38 millimeters.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art24956.asp (488 words)

	Coin Collecting
		The Philadelphia Mint did not use the P Mint mark until the 20th century (briefly from 1942 to 1945 on Jefferson 5-cent coins; the P was reintroduced on the 1979-P Anthony dollar, and on all circulating coins struck at Philadelphia since 1980 except for the Lincoln cent).
		The designers of U.S. coins did not start signing their works until the mid-19th century, and even afterward, many coins were issued without any credit for their designers.
		The first signed coin was an 1836 silver dollar bearing the engraver's full last name, Gobrecht, although that recognition was removed after only a few trial pieces were produced.
	www.relia.net /~thedane/coin_collecting.html (1005 words)

	NMAH \| Legendary Coins & Currency: United States, 1 Cent, 1974 (Aluminum)
		This one-cent piece from 1974 is perfectly normal — except for one thing.
		By the early 1970s, it cost nearly as much to mint a cent as the coin was worth.
		The U.S. Cent is composed of 95% copper and 5% zinc.
	americanhistory.si.edu /coins/printable/coin.cfm?coincode=3_01 (245 words)

	Encyclopedia Search
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		Currency is available as both notes and coins.
	www.encyclopedian.com /search.php?searWords=Cent (152 words)

	The Bashlow Confederate Cent Restrike
		In 1861, an official of the Confederate States of America contacted Bailey and Co. of Philadelphia concerning supplying one cent pieces for the Confederacy.
		Fearing treason charges from Union authorities for aiding the Confederacy, he cancelled the project and hid the 12 coins until after the War when he carried around one of the coins as a pocket piece.
		Lovett denied any knowledge of the coin until one evening when he was “drunk and goaded beyond endurance, confessed all.” At this point, Lovett unearthed the remaining coins and dies and sold the entire lot to Haseltine.
	www.rebelstatescurrency.com /bashlow.html (448 words)

	More Answers to Your Coin Questions
		When I showed the coin to several dealers at a recent coin show, the valuations varied from $400 to $1,250 and four other prices in between.
		A: Depending on the color of the coin (which can vary from bright mint red to reddish brown) the value is about $1 to $2.
		By 1980 or so, 99.99 percent of all circulating silver coins had been removed from circulation, since they were worth as much as 25 times face value (in 1980).
	www.scvhistory.com /scvhistory/signal/coins/sg111905-coins.htm (815 words)

	United States Year Coin Sets
		All coins dated from 1940 - 1964 will be the highest quality circulating coins at an affordable price.
		A "proof" coin is a specimen striking for presentation, souvenir, exhibition, or numismatic purposes, but not intended for general circulation.
		Proof coins prior to 1968 were struck only at the Philadelphia mint except in a few rare instances in which presentation pieces were made at branch mints.
	www.centercoin.com /gifts/united_states_birth_year_coin_se.htm (219 words)

	The Wonderful World of Coins Journal of Antiques & Collectibles May Issue 2002
		Flying Eagle Cent, minted in 1856 as a proof and in 1857 and 1858 as a circulating coin.
		Arrows were placed at the dates of 1853, 1854, and 1855 coins in the series, and in 1873 and 1874 arrows are to be found again on either side of the date.
		This coin is affordable in very fine and extra fine condition as is John Reich’s “Classic Head” half cent which was minted between 1809 and 1836.
	www.journalofantiques.com /May02/coinsmay02.htm (1565 words)

	Amazon.ca: A Guide Book Of The United States Coins 2004 : The Official 'Red Book': Books: R.S. Yeoman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Also included are detailed listings of Colonial coins, from 1616 to the opening of the federal mint in 1792; and all United States coins; including early American coins and tokens; early mint issues; regular mint issues; proofs; private; state and ter-ritorial gold; and silver and gold commemorative issues.
		The artifacting in the images is so bad, for example, that the 1858 flying eagle cent large/small letter variety isn't clear to the novice eye.
		Many of the large cent date varieties look terrible, and in some pictures you can't even discern what the difference is supposed to be.
	www.amazon.ca /Guide-Book-United-States-Coins/dp/1582381992 (812 words)

	U.S. One Cent Coin Estimates ~ U.S. Penny Coin Price List : Online United States coin estimates, U.S. collectible ...
		If your coin is in a regular coin holder, or in no coin holder, it is known to investors and collectors as a "raw coin" or "non certified coin".
		Grading coins : It is most practical for the coin to be exposed to a regular 100 Watt lamp, or a 20 watt halogen desk top lamp, 3 feet away from the coin surface.
		Grading coins in Uncirculated condition is an art which requires that you examine many different coins in various grades of uncirculated condition for comparison.
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	Coins: US at Think Bling Coins and Paper Money
		Coins: US The United States one-cent coin, commonly called a penny, is a unit of currency equaling
		In 1943, at the peak of World War II, cents of zinc-plated steel were made for a short time due to war demands for copper; a few (the U.S. Mint reports forty) copper cents from 1943 were produced.
		About a dozen aluminum cents are believed to still be in the hands of collectors, although they are now considered illegal, and are subject to seizure by the Secret Service.
	www.thinkbling.com /coins/coins_us.htm (1088 words)

	The History of The United States Penny Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Indian cent was first introduced in 1859 and depicted an Indian princess on the obverse.
		Most Indian cents minted during the Civil War went primarily to pay Union soldiers.
		After the Civil War, in 1864, the composition of the one-cent coin was changed to 95% copper and 5% zinc.
	www.pennies.org /history/one.html (104 words)

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