What's your favourite normal issue coin? Show me pics of strange american currency :)

[dug777]

http://www.mundanebehavior.org/images/images-v2n3/coins-web.jpg

It's small (maybe half an inch across), thick and heavy, actually feels valuable

Show me some craaaaaazy yank money now

 

[keeleysam]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_%28United_States_coin%29

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: dug777

craaaaaazy yank money

Is that your rap name?

 

[xeemzor]

The American half-dollar is very weird. I have never seen it used on a regular basis, yet they still continue to mint it. Seems like the only thing it's used for now is in collector's sets from mints. I guess it's my favorite because it's the largest and most substantial.

 

[thehstrybean]

Susan B Anthony's are cool...I get them out of Coke machines time to time...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony_Dollar

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_%28United_States_coin%29

That's a good coin... nice and compact and lightweight. I like the liberty head dimes. I have an assload of them and buffalo nickels from when I worked at 7-Eleven. Every once in a while we'd get rolls of them in from the bank (that their customers sold to them) and I'd buy all of them.

 

[kranky]

One that I think is very cool is this one:
Obverse Reverse.

It's the first coin issued under the authority of the US Government, and was designed by Benjamin Franklin. The latin "Fugio" on the obverse means "Time flies" (hence the sundial). And "Mind Your Business" means essentially "you should pay attention to your affairs" and not the contemporary meaning of don't stick your nose into someone else's.

 

[potato28]

The Canadian $2.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: xeemzor
The American half-dollar is very weird. I have never seen it used on a regular basis, yet they still continue to mint it. Seems like the only thing it's used for now is in collector's sets from mints. I guess it's my favorite because it's the largest and most substantial.

The franklin half is cool too.

Yeah the lesser-used coins/bills are doomed to not circulate because people are set in their ways. You spend them at stores but they never give them back out as change so they end up back at the bank.

 

[JMWarren]

Originally posted by: potato28
The Canadian $2.

I've got a seperated one!

 

[djheater]

$2 bill
Sacagawea $1 coin (because it's the only gold American money)

 

[ElFenix]

1933 gold double eagle

it was never issued and so isn't currency, technically. also, possession of one is usually illegal (any coin on the market was stolen, originally)

 

[Tiamat]

Silver dollars are pretty neat. I used to have a Peace Dollar, and 4 Eisenhower Dollars.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Asspenny

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: djheater
$2 bill
Sacagawea $1 coin (because it's the only gold American money)

they're getting rid of that and replacing it with presidential dollars, thank god

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Silver dollars are pretty neat.

Great fish :thumbsup:

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: djheater
$2 bill
Sacagawea $1 coin (because it's the only gold American money)

they're getting rid of that and replacing it with presidential dollars, thank god

presidential dollars?

 

[OrganizedChaos]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_dollar

Weight: 22.68 grams
Diameter: 38.1 mm

monster of a coin.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: djheater
$2 bill
Sacagawea $1 coin (because it's the only gold American money)

they're getting rid of that and replacing it with presidential dollars, thank god

Well, I like it and they're not actually getting rid of it:

The key provisions of presidential dollar coin law include:
Image placement of four U.S. presidents on the dollar coin each year, in the order of their service, until all are commemorated.

The Statue of Liberty is featured on the reverse side of every presidential coin.
Inscriptions located on the edge of the coin, such as date, mintmark, and the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST".

Continuation of the Sacagawea dollar during the life of the Presidential Coin Program. When the program concludes, all $1 coins will revert to the Sacagawea design.

The federal government is required to use the presidential dollar coin in all of its retail operations.

The dollar coins must be readily available to commerce, by producing sufficient quantities of rolls and bank bags.

A new pure-gold bullion coin to honor presidential spouses will be created, designed to appeal to collectors and investors alike.

link

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_dollar

Weight: 22.68 grams
Diameter: 38.1 mm

monster of a coin.

i have one!

and the smaller similar half dollar

do these strange coins have any significant value over face?