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2. Penny (Canadian coin) - Wikipedia

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   In Canada, a penny (minted 1858–2012) is an out-of-production coin worth one cent, or of a dollar. 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 ...

3. Indian Head cent - Wikipedia

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   Design date. 1859. The Indian Head cent, also known as an Indian Head penny, was a one-cent coin ($0.01) produced by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1859 to 1909. It was designed by James Barton Longacre, the Chief Engraver at the Philadelphia Mint . From 1793 to 1857, the cent was a copper coin about the size of a half dollar.

4. Civil War token - Wikipedia

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   Civil War tokens are token coins that were privately minted and distributed in the United States between 1861 and 1864. They were used mainly in the Northeast and Midwest. The widespread use of the tokens was a result of the scarcity of government-issued cents during the Civil War . Civil War tokens became illegal after the United States ...

5. Eagle (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   The eagle was a United States $10 gold coin issued by the United States Mint from 1795 to 1933 . The eagle was the largest of the five main decimal base-units of denomination used for circulating coinage in the United States prior to 1933, the year when gold was withdrawn from circulation. These five main base-units of denomination were the ...

6. Standing Liberty quarter - Wikipedia

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   The Standing Liberty quarter is a 25-cent coin that was struck by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1930. It succeeded the Barber quarter, which had been minted since 1892. Featuring the goddess of Liberty on one side and an eagle in flight on the other, the coin was designed by American sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil .

7. Sacagawea dollar - Wikipedia

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   Sacagawea dollar. The Sacagawea dollar (also known as the " golden dollar ") is a United States dollar coin introduced in 2000, but subsequently minted only for niche circulation from 2002 onward. The coin generally failed to meet consumer and business demands. It is still generally accepted in circulation.