The United States large cent was a coin with a face value of 1/100 of a United States dollar. Its nominal diameter was 11⁄8 inch (28.57 mm). The first...

The Coronet large cent was a type of large cent issued by the United States Mint at the Philadelphia Mint from 1816 until 1857. There are two similar...

Cap large cent was a type of large cent struck by the United States Mint from 1793 until 1796, when it was replaced by the Draped Bust large cent. The...

Liberty Cap cent, 1794 Classic Head cent, 1811 Braided Hair large cent, 1850 Flying Eagle small cent, 1858 Indian Head cent, 1859 A 1937 Wheat cent Cameo proof...

From 1793 to 1857, the cent was a copper coin about the size of a half dollar. The discovery of gold in California caused a large inflation in prices. As...

half-cent and the similar large cent, and authorized the small cent (Flying Eagle cent). Half cent types There are several different types of half cents:...

Numismatics portal Money portal Cent (United States coin) Wheat cent 1943 steel cent 1955 doubled die cent 1974 aluminum cent United States quarter mintage...

The two-cent piece was produced by the Mint of the United States for circulation from 1864 to 1872 and for collectors in 1873. Designed by James B. Longacre...

The Fugio cent, also known as the Franklin cent, is the first official circulation coin of the United States. Consisting of 0.36 oz (10 g) of copper and...

of Longacre's predecessor, Christian Gobrecht. By the early 1850s, the large cent (about the size of a half dollar) being issued by the Mint was becoming...

The chain cent was America's first large cent and the first circulating coin officially produced by the United States Mint. It was struck only during...

out-of-production coin worth one cent, or 1⁄100 of a dollar. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official term for the coin is the one-cent piece, but in practice...

Spanish silver dollar, divided it into 100 cents, and authorized the minting of coins denominated in dollars and cents. U.S. banknotes are issued in the form...

The Wreath cent was an American large cent. It was the second design type, following the Chain cent in 1793. It was produced only during that year. The...

1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints...

The copper-nickel three-cent piece, often called a three-cent nickel piece or three-cent nickel, was designed by US Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre...

found on their coins: Half cent: 1⁄2¢, 1793–1857 Silver center cent: 1¢, 1792 (not circulated) Large cent: 1¢, 1793–1857 Ring cent: 1¢, 1850–1851, 1853, 1884–1885...

circulate. Some, like the half-cent coin were removed due to inflation reducing their value while others such as the two-cent piece were removed due to a...

The cent is a logarithmic unit of measure used for musical intervals. Twelve-tone equal temperament divides the octave into 12 semitones of 100 cents each...

appropriate fraction: half cent (1/200), large cent (1/100) and half dollar (1/2). The half dollar rim (edge) bore the words FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR. Initially...

that large cents cost more than one cent to produce. In response to a bill drafted in 1849 by Congressman Sam F. Vinton to reduce the size of the cent, the...

The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909. The obverse or heads...

The American twenty-cent piece is a coin struck from 1875 to 1878, but only for collectors in the final two years. Proposed by Nevada Senator John P. Jones...

The three-cent silver, also known as the three-cent piece in silver or trime, was struck by the Mint of the United States for circulation from 1851 to...

1864, which changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. The Director of the U.S. Mint developed the...

The Silver center cent is an American pattern coin produced by the United States Mint in 1792. As a precursor to the large cent it was one of the first...

The cent is a customary unit of measurement still used in some parts of southern Indian states such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and...

and the first general-circulation coin of the United States, the Fugio cent, was produced in 1787 based on the Continental dollar. The current United...

Hair large cent, but was made of bronze rather than pure copper. Weighing 140 grains, it weighed nearly three times that of the bronze Indian Head cent. About...

and sent them via mail. The fee for sending the note was face value + 3 cents and the notes required no stamp. They then could be redeemed by the receiver...