MONEY: Coins

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FAQ's: Coins
U.S. Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/coins/index.html

Fact Sheets: Currency and Coins
U.S. Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/

Fun Facts: Fact Sheets
U.S. mint
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/

Coin Facts
Collectors Universe, Inc.
http://www.coinfacts.com/

Commemoratives and Special Programs

The Special Programs page on the U.S. Mint web site provides information on special programs and current and previously released commemorative coins authorized by Congress to honor American people, places, events, and institutions. Among the many topics covered on these pages are the following:

• Commemoratives from 1892-1954

• Modern Commemorative Coins, 1982 to the Present

• The 50 State Quarter Program (1998) - Public Law 105-124

• The Gold Dollar - Sacagawea (2000) - Public Law 105-124

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Image :
Woman posed with stack of packages of $1 silver certificates at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C. [between ca. 1950 and ca. 1969]

• The Susan B. Anthony Dollar (1979)

• Lewis and Clark Expedition Commemorative Coin (2004) Public Law 106-126 - Silver Dollar

• Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin (2004) Public Law 105-331 - Silver Dollar

Individual Coins

Penny (U.S. Coin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_%28U.S._coin%29

Nickel (U.S. Coin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_%28U.S._coin%29

Dime (U.S. Coin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_%28U.S._coin%29

Quarter (U.S. Coin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_%28U.S._coin%29

United States Half Dollar Coin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_dollar

United States Dollar Coin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar_coin

United States Coinage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_coinage