US Coins
Goloid Dollars: America’s Electrum Coinage
By Jesse Kraft for American Numismatic Society (ANS) .....Updated and reformatted by CoinWeek
Goloid Dollars, the “Crime of ’73,” and America’s Silver Crisis
Few moments in...
1793 Chain Cent: America’s First Federal Cent and the Story Behind Its Varieties
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The 1793 Chain Cent stands at the start of federal coinage. The United States Mint delivered the first 11,178 copper cents on...
1864 Two-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide | CoinWeek
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The Birth of the Two-Cent Piece in 1864
In 1864, Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1864 and introduced a brand-new denomination:...