Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The United States bicentennial coinage was a set of circulating commemorative coins of a quarter, half dollar, and one dollar coin minted in 1975 and 1976. Regardless of...
The United States half cent is the smallest denomination ever minted by the United States. It was first produced in 1793 as authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 on April 2, 1972. All coins were made with 100% copper and minted at the Philadelphia Mint. Coinage of half cents was disconti...
Before the Coinage Act of 1792, foreign coins were used for trade and commerce in the United States. The new republic, under the 1972 Coin Act, established the United States Mint. Thus, the production of the new US dollar coins standardized the nation’s monetary unit. Where are US coins ...
nickel through 2005 to commemorate the bicentennials of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 2006, the nickel would return to images of Thomas Jefferson and Monticel lo. The United States Mint has named the resulting new nickel program“The Westward Journey Nickel Series...
" which was introduced on the coinage at that time (but which did not appear on currency until 1957). In 1864 Chase was appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and in that capacity he ruled that the "Legal Tender" United States Notes had unconstitutionally voided private...