United States coinage

Circulating United States currency currently includes six denominations of United States coinage (or specie): $0.01, 0.05, $0.10, $0.25, $0.50 and $1.00.

Obsolete denominations

• Half cent
• Two-cent piece
• Three-cent piece (silver and nickel varieties)
• Half dime
• Twenty-cent piece
• Gold one dollar coin
• Two-and-one-half dollar coin or "quarter-eagle"
• Three-dollar coin
• Four-dollar coin or "stella" (not circulated)
• Five-dollar coin or "half-eagle"
• Ten-dollar coin or "eagle"
• Twenty-dollar coin or "double eagle"
• Fifty-dollar coin or "Half Union" (Comemorative only, California territorial gold, pattern piece)

Note: It is a common misconception that "eagle"-based nomenclature for gold U.S. coinage was merely slang. This is not the case. The "eagle," "half-eagle" and "quarter-eagle" were specifically given these names in the Coinage Act of 1792. Likewise, the double eagle was specifically created as such by name ("An Act to authorize the Coinage of Gold Dollars and Double Eagles", title and section 1, March 3, 1849).

Related Topics:
Coinage Act - 1792

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