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US Coin Sizes and Composition Steel Alloy Copper Copper Alloy Silver Alloy Silver Gold Platinum Palladium Three Cent 14 mm 0.8 g 0.750 fine 1851–1853 14 mm 0.75 g 0.900 fine 1854–1873 Half Dime 15.5 mm 1.24 g 1794–1873 Dollar 15 mm 1.67 gr 1849–1889 $5 American Gold Eagle 16.5 mm 3.11 g 1986–present $10 American Platinum Eagle 16.5 mm ...
Most U.S. coins of that year were struck with a "close 3" [c] in the date, and, following a complaint that the 3 too closely resembled an eight, an "open 3" variety. The three-cent silver exists only as a close 3. Of coins struck for circulation, Yeoman's highest listings are for the 1868, at $11,000 in near pristine MS-66 condition. [29] [39]
[b] According to David Lange in his history of the Mint, the five-cent piece has "become one of the mainstays of the country's coinage". [24] The new five-cent coin was legal tender up to a dollar. [25] The new Shield nickel (first coined 1866) helped drive the three-cent copper-nickel piece from circulation.
A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book) is the longest running price guide for U.S. coins.Across all formats, 24 million copies have been sold. [2] The first edition, dated 1947, went on sale in November 1946.
This table represents the mintage figures of circulating coins produced by the United States Mint since 1887. This list does not include formerly-circulating gold coins, commemorative coins, or bullion coins. This list also does not include the three-cent nickel, which was largely winding down production by 1887 and has no modern equivalent.
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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 ...