Obsolete Denominations of United States Currency - Coinage

Coinage

Discontinued coin denominations include:

  • Half cent: $0.005, copper
  • Large Cent: $0.01, copper
  • Two-cent piece: $0.02, bronze
  • Three-cent piece: $0.03, silver and copper-nickel
  • Half dime: $0.05, silver
  • Twenty-cent piece: $0.20, silver
  • Large sized dollar: $1.00, silver and cupronickel (some modern commemoratives are minted in this denomination)
  • Gold dollar: $1.00, gold
  • Quarter Eagle: $2.50, gold
  • Three-dollar piece: $3.00, gold
  • Stella: $4.00, gold (not circulated)
  • Half Eagle: $5.00, gold (some modern commemoratives are minted in this denomination)
  • Eagle: $10.00, gold (some modern commemoratives are minted in this denomination)
  • Double Eagle: $20.00, gold
  • Half-union: $50.00 (Commemorative only, California territorial gold, pattern piece)
United States currency and coinage
Topics
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Federal Reserve Note
  • U.S. dollar
  • U.S. Mint
  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing
  • Mutilated currency
Current coinage
  • Cent (1¢)
  • Nickel (5¢)
  • Dime (10¢)
  • Quarter (25¢)
  • Half dollar (50¢)
  • Dollar ($1)
Bullion coinage
  • America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins
  • American Buffalo
  • American Gold Eagle
  • American Platinum Eagle
  • American Silver Eagle
Paper money
  • $1
  • $2
  • $5
  • $10
  • $20
  • $50
  • $100
  • Larger denominations
See also
  • Bicentennial coinage
  • Commemoratives
  • Early Commemoratives
  • Modern Commemoratives
  • Confederate dollar
  • Fake denominations
  • Obsolete denominations
  • Mill
  • Coin production
  • In God We Trust
  • E pluribus unum
  • Nicknames
  • Star note
Obsolete United States currency and coinage
Topics
  • United States coinage
  • United States dollar
  • History of the United States dollar
  • Large denominations of currency
Coins
  • Fugio Cent
  • Half cent
  • Large cent
  • Two-cent piece
  • Three-cent piece
  • Half dime
  • Twenty-cent piece
  • Trade dollar
Gold coins
  • Gold dollar
  • Quarter Eagle ($2.50)
  • Three-dollar piece
  • Half Eagle ($5)
  • Eagle ($10)
  • Double Eagle ($20)
Currency
  • Early American currency
  • Compound Interest Treasury Note
  • Demand Note
  • Federal Reserve Bank Note
  • Fractional Currency
  • Gold Certificate
  • Interest Bearing Note
  • National Bank Note
  • National Gold Bank Note
  • Refunding Certificate
  • Silver Certificate
  • Treasury or Coin Note
  • Treasury Note (19th century)
  • United States Note
Patterns
  • Stella ($4)
  • Half-union ($50)


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