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2. Fugio cent - Wikipedia

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   The Fugio cent, also known as the Franklin cent, [1] [2] is the first official circulation coin of the United States. Consisting of 0.36 oz (10 g) of copper and minted dated 1787, by some accounts it was designed by Benjamin Franklin .

3. Penny (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   The penny, also known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of taxation and finance).

4. Coins of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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   Coins of the United States dollar – aside from those of the earlier Continental currency – were first minted in 1792. New coins have been produced annually and they comprise a significant aspect of the United States currency system. Circulating coins exist in denominations of 1¢ (i.e. 1 cent or $0.01), 5

5. Obsolete denominations of United States currency - Wikipedia

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   ^β Some Modern United States commemorative coins are minted in this denomination. ^γ The United States government claims that it never officially released the 1933 double eagle. Examples of the coin were minted in that year, but were never released to circulation following Executive Order 6102.

6. Numismatic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Coinage Act of 1792 established the United States Mint and regulated the coinage of the United States. [3] The act created coins in the denominations of Half Cent (1/200 of a dollar), Cent (1/100 of a dollar, or a cent), Half Dime (also known as a half disme) (five cents), Dime (also known as a disme) (10 cents), Quarter (25 cents), Half Dollar (50 cents), Dollar, Quarter Eagle ($2.50 ...

7. 10 of the Most Valuable Pennies - AOL

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   You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or pennies. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 ...

8. Early American currency - Wikipedia

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   1652 pine tree shilling. Early American currency went through several stages of development during the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States.John Hull was authorized by the Massachusetts legislature to make the earliest coinage of the colony (the willow, the oak, and the pine tree shilling) in 1652.

9. A Construction Worker Accidentally Found a Secret Stash of ...

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   A resident of a southwest German town working on a construction project unearthed a stash of medieval coins minted around 1320 AD. The value of the roughly 1,600 coins recovered was deemed enough ...