Bronze

One of the longest continuously used coin names in the world. First minted in silver by King Offa of...

The longest-lived coin design in history, produced for over 2,000 years. Round with a square hole, r...

The large bronze coin introduced by Anastasius I as part of his monetary reform. Featured the empero...

Introduced with decimalisation in 1971. Featured the Badge of the Prince of Wales, a plume of ostric...

The one dollar coin of Canada. Features a common loon on the reverse, giving it the nickname loonie....

The first US coin to bear the motto In God We Trust. Introduced during the Civil War when copper coi...

A quarter of an old penny. The farthing was minted from the 13th century until 1956. Featured Britan...

Also called the ha penny. Worth half a penny. The pre-decimal halfpenny was minted until 1969. Featu...

The large bronze coin of Imperial Rome, worth four asses. The sestertius was the main coin of everyd...

The basic bronze coin of the Roman Republic. Originally cast, not struck, weighing one Roman pound. ...

See the Two Cent Piece entry. The two cent bronze was introduced alongside the new copper-nickel sma...

The Japanese one sen coin, worth 1/100 of a yen. Introduced with the Meiji monetary reform. Featured...

Korean cash coins modeled on Chinese cash coins but with Korean inscriptions. Featured the name of t...

Vietnamese cash coins with Chinese style inscriptions but Vietnamese dynastic names. Minted by the L...

A Chinese coin type featuring mythological scenes from the Fengshen Yanyi, the popular Chinese novel...

Coins of the Nguyen Dynasty, the last Vietnamese imperial dynasty. Featured the reign title of the e...

The small bronze coin of Judea under the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties. Featured Jewish symbols i...

Coins struck by Jewish rebels during the Bar Kokhba revolt against Rome from 132 to 136 AD. Made by ...

Coins of the Hasmonean dynasty founded by the Maccabean revolt. Featured Jewish symbols including th...

Coins of Herod the Great and his successors. Featured Greek and Roman imagery alongside Jewish symbo...

See British Two Pence entry. The 2p featured the Badge of the Prince of Wales on the reverse until 2...

The decimal one penny replaced the old penny which had been used for over 1,200 years. Featured a po...

The original decimal penny was called the new penny to distinguish it from the old pre decimal penny...

The US Mint has produced presidential medals since the early 1800s. The series began with Thomas Jef...

Medals commemorating Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado. Early America...

The US Assay Commission tested the accuracy and purity of gold and silver coins annually from 1797 t...