Fortunately, pennies were only made that way for one year. You might have little round sandwiches in your pocket Most of our coins are metal sandwiches. The outside layers are three-quarters copper and one-quarter nickel, and the "filling" is solid copper. Pennies are made of zinc coated with copper. Would you like fries with that? This penny is almost as big as a half dollar America's first one-cent piece, called the "large cent," was first struck in , one year after the Mint opened.
It was so big that it was hard to use, but it wasn't replaced by a smaller penny until , more than 50 years later. The value of each coin is: A penny is worth 1 cent. A nickel is worth 5 cents. A dime is worth 10 cents. A quarter is worth 25 cents. How to tell coins apart without looking: Size from smallest to largest is dime, penny, nickel, and quarter. Nickels are the thickest of the 4 coins.
Dimes are the thinnest of the 4 coins. To Read the Full Story. Subscribe Sign In. Continue reading your article with a WSJ membership. Resume Subscription We are delighted that you'd like to resume your subscription. Please click confirm to resume now. The Quarter is worth 25 cents. There are four main American coins: the penny, the nickel, the dime and the quarter. We have the following American coins: one quarter, one nickel, one dime and three one penny coins.
One quarter is worth 25 cents. One nickel is worth 5 cents. We can add these two coins to make a multiple of ten. One dime is worth 10 cents. We add this coin to our total so far. We have three one penny coins left to add to our total. Example Video Questions Lesson. This poster shows the values of the four common coins used in America.
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