CoinSite Home
CoinSite Buyers - Click here to sell your coins for immediate payment!
 
      
Looking for something specific? 

Any word All the words Exact phrase

Modern United States Circulating Coinage Standards

Coin Composition Diameter Weight
Cent (to 1982) .950 copper .050 tin and zinc 19 mm 3.11 grams
Cent (1982 to date) .992 zinc .008 copper 19 mm 2.5 grams
5 cents (Nickel) .750 copper .250 nickel 21.2 mm 5 grams
10 cents (Dime) clad coinage: .750 copper and .250 nickel bonded to an inner core of pure copper 17.9 mm 2.27 grams
25 cents (Quarter) clad coinage: .750 copper and .250 nickel bonded to an inner core of pure copper 24.3 mm 5.67 grams
50 cents (half dollar) clad coinage: .750 copper and .250 nickel bonded to an inner core of pure copper 30.6 mm 11.34 grams
SBA $1.00 clad coinage: .750 copper and .250 nickel bonded to an inner coire of pure copper 26.5 mm 8.1 grams
Sacagawea $1.00 .885 copper .06 zinc . .035 manganese .02 nickel 26.5 mm 8.1 grams

< Return to the FAQ Menu  ::  CoinSite Home

Copyright 1997-2008 ROKO Design Group, Inc. All rights reserved.