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What are Mardi Gras Doubloons? Mardi Gras doubloons are tokens that are thrown or given out by krewe member to celebrate the krewes theme that year. Most common doubloons are […]
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Some coins bear a mark of distinction… Each branch of the United States Mint has a code letter called a “mint mark” to show which branch struck a coin, but […]
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Coin Fun Facts There was a nickelless nickel. During World War II (1942 to 1945), the five cent coin was made of an alloy of copper, manganese, and silver. Nickel […]
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There were copper pennies and white cents? Yes, there were “white cents” that didn’t look at all like pennies. These were the Flying Eagle one cent coins of 1856–58 and […]
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The nickel had a growth spurt. The first five-cent pieces were small. Called “half dimes,” they weighed exactly half as much as a dime because their values were based on […]
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COIN FUN FACTS The Mint has branches— and some get pruned… The United States Mint began making coins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was the capital of the United States at […]
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If you’re worth 25 cents, why not say so?… The quarter dollar made in 1804 was the first silver coin in the United States Mint’s history to have a value […]
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Coin Fun FactsHow much was in that first batch? The Mint produced its first circulating coins—all $111.78 worth of them—in March 1793. That first batch consisted of 11,178 copper cents. […]
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Coin Fun Facts This museum was made from gold. The donation of $508,316 in gold, from the estate of English scientist James Smithson, was examined in the Philadelphia Mint before […]
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Thank you New Orleans and ANA participants and volunteers The American Numismatic Association (ANA) National Money Show (NMS) in New Orleans, LA on May 9 – 11, 2013 was a […]