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2. Large cent - Wikipedia

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   The 1819 "Matron Head" large cent. The United States large cent was a coin with a face value of 1/100 of a United States dollar. Its nominal diameter was 1 ⁄ inch (28.57 mm). The first official mintage of the large cent was in 1793, and its production continued until 1857, when it was officially replaced by the modern-size one-cent coin ...

3. Quarter (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   [1] It has a diameter of 0.955 inch (24.26 mm) and a thickness of 0.069 inch (1.75 mm). Its current version is composed of two layers of cupronickel (75% copper, 25% nickel) clad on a core of pure copper. [2] With the cupronickel layers comprising 1/3 of total weight, the coin's overall composition is therefore 8.33% nickel, 91.67% copper.

4. Penny (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   Aluminum was chosen, and over 1.5 million samples of the 1974 aluminum cent were struck before ultimately being rejected. The cent's composition was changed in 1982 because the value of the copper in the coin started to rise above one cent. [7] Some 1982 cents used the 97.5% zinc composition, while others used the 95% copper composition.

5. Indian copper plate inscriptions - Wikipedia

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   Approximate dimensions of copper plate is 9 3 ⁄ 4 inch long × 3 1 ⁄ 4 inch high × 1/10 (to 1/16) inch thick. The earliest known copper-plate, known as the Sohgaura copper-plate, is a Maurya record that mentions famine relief efforts. It is one of the very few pre-Ashoka Brahmi inscriptions in India. [28]

6. Penny (Canadian coin) - Wikipedia

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   According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official term for the coin is the one-cent piece, but in practice the terms penny and cent predominate. Penny was likely readily adopted because the previous coinage in Canada (up to 1858) was the British monetary system, where Canada used British pounds, shillings, and pence as coinage alongside U.S. decimal coins.

7. Etowah plates - Wikipedia

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   One plate, the "Copper Solar Ogee Deity", is a 21-inch (53 cm) high repoussé copper plate depicting the profile of a dancing winged figure, wielding a ceremonial mace in its right hand and a severed head in the left. The extended, curling nose resembles a proboscis and resembles another S.E.C.C. motif, the long-nosed god maskette.