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U.S. coinage history
Plain-English history of American coins from colonial money to clad change.
U.S. coinage history in plain English — from colonial money to clad change — written for collectors, heirs, and anyone who wants the real story without video hype.
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- Colonial money before the U.S. Mint
- Continental Currency
- Early federal copper, silver, gold
- First silver dollars (Flowing Hair & Draped Bust)
- Bimetallism in plain English
- Trade dollars
- Morgan & Peace dollars
- Buffalo nickels & Standing Liberty quarters
- 1943 steel cents
- Why 1965 changed pocket change
- Little-known facts about U.S. coins
- How coin designs get chosen
Also see U.S. paper money history and visitors & physical ownership.