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The Continental Currency dollar coin (also known as Continental dollar coin, Fugio dollar, or Franklin dollar) was the first pattern coin struck for the United States. [1] [2] The coins, which were designed by Benjamin Franklin, were minted in 1776 and examples were made on pewter, brass, and silver planchets. [3]
The United States Bicentennial coinage is a set of circulating commemorative coins, consisting of a quarter, half dollar and dollar struck by the United States Mint in 1975 and 1976. Regardless of when struck, each coin bears the double date 1776–1976 on the normal obverses for the Washington quarter, Kennedy half dollar and Eisenhower dollar ...
Continental One Third Dollar Note (obverse) A fifty-five dollar Continental issued in 1779. After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from $ 1 ⁄ 6 to $80, including many odd denominations ...
About 20 pewter continental dollars exist in mint condition, said PCGS. In 2008, a pewter continental dollar was auctioned for the record price of $264,500. In 2015, a silver continental dollar ...
The quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a coin in the United States valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a dollar. Adorning its obverse is the profile of George Washington , while its reverse design has undergone frequent changes since 1998.
1976-S Clad Proof Bicentennial Quarter: sold for $6,038 in 2010. 1976-S Silver Proof Deep Cameo Bicentennial Quarter: sold for $2,760 in 2007. 1976 Clad Bicentennial Quarter Regular Strike: sold ...
The Quarter-Dollar, Half-Dollar and Dollar coins were issued in the copper 91.67% nickel 8.33% composition for general circulation and the Government issued six-coin Proof Set. A special three-coin set of 40% silver coins were also issued by the U.S. Mint in both Uncirculated and Proof.
The $1 coin has all but disappeared from the daily lives of most Americans. While you may receive a $1 coin in change on occasion, for the most part, you'll have to seek them out to find them ...