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This data is collected by the United States Census Bureau for state governments during fiscal year 2015. These statistics include tax collections for state governments only; they do not include tax collections from local governments.
The nickel is the only coin whose size and composition (5 grams, 75% copper, and 25% nickel) is still in use from 1865 to today, except for wartime 1942–1945 Jefferson nickels which contained silver. Due to the penny's low value, some efforts have been made to eliminate the penny as circulating coinage. [45] [46]
The first decimal coins – the five pence (5p) and ten pence (10p) — were introduced in 1968 in the run-up to decimalisation in order to familiarise the public with the new system. These initially circulated alongside the pre-decimal coinage and had the same size and value as the existing one shilling and two shilling coins
The lowest ever value of the dollar after it was floated was 47.75 US cents in April 2001. [58] It returned to above 96 US cents in June 2008, [ 59 ] and reached 98.49 later that year. Although the value of the dollar fell significantly from this high towards the end of 2008, it gradually recovered in 2009 to 94 US cents.