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| Obverse | The side of a coin referred to as "heads" is known as the obverse side | | Reverse | The side of a coin referred to as "tails" is known as the reverse side | | Third side | The edge of the coin is sometimes called the third side | | Coin rim | The rim of the coin is the outer edge, which is often raised | | Mint | Coins are struck at a mint | | Mintage | The number of coins that are struck is the mintage | 5 oz
Inexpensive starter coins include the British half-farthing (1842 to 1869), which was criticized for being too small a denomination
Some collectors seek coins of a particular denomination or type, such as silver half-dollars or Washington quarters
Also note that the number of coins that were minted does not indicate a coin's current availability
Minted from 1859 to 1909, the Indian Head penny depicts Miss Liberty in a Native American headdress
On the obverse side is depicted the right profile of a Native American, and on the reverse is an American bison
Featuring the profile of Alexander the Great on the obverse side and Zeus on the reverse, these silver coins belong in any coin enthusiast's collection
Another silver minted coin, the denarius was the most common coinage of the Roman Empire
Some of the most artful coins were minted by Greek colonies in Sicily and southern Italy before Rome was little more than a city-state
The coins of the Roman Empire began with the first Emperor Augustus on the obverse in 41 B.C., with the primary coins being the Silver Denarius and the bronze Aes
Collectible ancient coins of the Roman Empire usually have the portrait of the emperor or the empress on the obverse, while the reverse depicts a religious god, goddess or military theme
coins because the designs and the metal content constantly shifted over several generations
Various denominations were struck and minted, including rare dimes and rare quarters
Some of these valuable coins have a limited mintage and are more rare than others
Lincoln Cent (Wheat Reverse) (1909-1958)
Kennedy Half Dollars Bicentennial (Dated 1776-1976) (Common date) 1975-1976 Face Value
Those 5- and 10-cent value Lincoln wheat cents, on the other hand, were made by the millions
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