Collectors don't always realize the luxury they have when it comes to collecting U.S. coins. Our system is a fairly straightforward one, with coins that fall into nice, neat fractions of 10 when it comes to face value. The one cent, 10 cent, 50 cent and one dollar coins fit into the mold perfectly.
Even the five-cent and 25-cent coins aren't too tough to figure out. If you take the time to look back, though, it doesn't take long to realize our ancestors had to do a bit more thinking to make change. There are five coins that have been minted in the United States in the past that certainly don't follow the decimal system as neatly as our current coins do.
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Annual Set Includes Four Presidential $1 Coins and the Final Five Coins in the 50 State Quarters® Program
WASHINGTON - Twenty-eight satin-finished coins, in beautiful packaging, priced at $22.95. Who could ask for more? Customers can purchase the 2008 United States Mint Uncirculated Set beginning July 30, 2008, at noon Eastern Time.
The 2008 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set is composed of two folders of 14 coins bearing the "P" and "D" mint marks of the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver. Each folder includes uncirculated versions of the four Presidential $1 Coins honoring James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren; the final five commemorative quarter-dollar coins in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program, honoring Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii; and the Lincoln cent (penny), Jefferson 5-cent coin (nickel), Roosevelt dime, Kennedy half-dollar, and Golden Dollar featuring Sacagawea. [click to continue…]
