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  Quarter

  A quarter dollar, commonly shortened to quarter, is a coin worth ¼ of a United States dollar or 25 cent . The quarter has been produced since 1796. The choice of 25¢ as a denomination, as opposed to 20¢ which is more common in other parts of the world, originated with the practice of dividing...
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  Penny

  A penny is a coin (pl. pennies) or a type of currency (pl. pence) used in several English-speaking countries. It is often the smallest denomination within a currency system. Old English versions of the word penny are penig, pening, penning and pending; the word appears in German as Pfennig, in...
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  Cent

  The United States one-cent coin, commonly known as a penny, is a unit of currency equaling one one-hundredth of a United States dollar. The cent's symbol is ¢. Its obverse has featured the profile of President Abraham Lincoln since 1909, the centennial of his birth. From 1959 (the sesquicentennial...
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  Penny

  The British decimal one penny (1p) coin, produced by the Royal Mint, was issued on 15 February 1971, the day the British currency was decimalised. In practice, it had been available from banks in bags of £1 for some weeks previously. The coin, known at first as a "new penny", was initially minted...
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  Penny

  The English Penny, originally a coin of 1.3 to 1.5 g pure silver, includes the penny introduced around the year 785 by King Offa of Mercia. However, his coins were similar in size and weight to the continental deniers of the period, and to the Anglo-Saxon sceats which had gone before it, which were...
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  Nickel

  The (United States) nickel is a five-cent coin, representing a unit of currency equaling a twentieth of one United States dollar. A later-produced Canadian nickel five-cent coin was also called by the same name. The nickel's design since 1938 has featured a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the...
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  Dime

  The dime is a ten cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792. The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation. The term dime comes from...
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  Half dollar

  Half dollar coins have been produced nearly every year since the inception of the United States Mint in 1794. Sometimes referred to as the fifty-cent piece, the only U.S. coin that has been minted more consistently is the cent. Half dollar coins saw heavy use, particularly in the first half of the...
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  Dollar coin

  Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver, and base metal versions. The term silver dollar is often used for any large white metal coin issued by the United States with a face value of one dollar, although purists insist that a dollar is not silver unless it contains some...
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  50 State Quarters

  The 50 State Quarters program (Pub.L. 105-124, 111 Stat. 2534, enacted December 1, 1997) is the release of a series of circulating commemorative coins by the United States Mint. Between 1999 and 2009, it featured each of the 50 U.S. states on unique designs for the reverse of the quarter. In 2009,...