The United States has a decimal-based currency system where one dollar equals 100 cents. The following are the common coin denominations and their values:
- Penny: One-cent coin.
- Nickel: Five-cent coin.
- Dime: Ten-cent coin.
- Quarter: Twenty-five-cent coin.
- Half Dollar: Fifty-cent coin.
- Dollar Coin: One-dollar coin.
Many other countries also use decimal-based currency systems. Here are a few examples:
- Eurozone: Countries using the Euro have coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents, and 1 and 2 Euros.
- Canada: Canadian coins include the one-cent (penny), five-cent (nickel), ten-cent (dime), twenty-five-cent (quarter), fifty-cent (half dollar), one-dollar, and two-dollar coins.
- United Kingdom: British coins include the one-pence, two-pence, five-pence, ten-pence, twenty-pence, fifty-pence (half pound), one-pound, and two-pound coins.
You can find information about coins from around the world by utilizing resources like:
- World Coin Price Guides: Websites like [NGCcoin.com] and [Coinstrail.com] offer searchable databases of coins by category, year, mintmark, and denomination.
- Coin Catalogs: These contain details, descriptions, and images of coins to help with identification and valuation.
- Local Coin Dealers: You can consult a coin dealer for assistance with identifying and valuing foreign coins.
What are the names of coins and their value?
I can help with that. 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 identify coins that are worth money?
Good point! They are no longer being produced and therefore decreasing in circulation.
They are difficult to find.
They have unique marks due to errors or limited editions.
They have some kind of historical significance.
What are all the coins called?
I can help with that. The six coins are the one-cent coin, the five-cent coin, the ten-cent coin, the 25-cent coin, the 50-cent coin (half dollar) and 100- cent (dollar) coin. Americans usually refer to their coins by names rather than by values. A one-cent coin is called a penny; it is a copper-colored coin.
Where can I lookup the value of a coin?
I can help with that. The PCGS Price Guide is a guide to assist the coin buying public in determining values for all important United States rare coins.