Copper

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

The first US coin to feature a real person, replacing the Indian Head cent on the 100th anniversary ...

The currency of Portugal for over 600 years. Originally a silver coin minted in the 1380s. The real ...

The one cent coin of the eurozone. The smallest denomination of euro coin. Features a globe on the c...

The largest coins ever produced, made of copper plates weighing up to 19.7 kg. Sweden had copper min...

The basic unit of Russian currency for nearly 500 years. Featured a horseman with a spear, giving th...

The smallest denomination ever minted by the United States. Worth half a cent or 1/200 of a dollar. ...

The large cent was minted from 1793 to 1857. Early types included the Chain, Wreath, and Liberty Cap...

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...

A private copper token coinage for the American colonies, produced by William Wood under a patent fr...

The first official one cent coin issued by the United States. Designed by Benjamin Franklin. Feature...

Coins authorized by the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation. The Fugio cent was...

Coins minted for the Kingdom of Hawaii before annexation. The 1847 large cent featured King Kamehame...

A proposed one cent coin for the Confederacy. Designed by Robert Lovett Jr. of Philadelphia. Only 12...

The currency of New France, the French colony in North America. French coins circulated alongside Sp...

Featured Liberty with a classical hairstyle, hence the name Classic Head. Minted from 1808 to 1814. ...

Also called the Matron Head or Liberty Head cent. Featured Liberty wearing a coronet inscribed LIBER...

The final large cent design. Featured Liberty with braided hair. Minted from 1839 to 1857. The 1857 ...

The Canadian one cent coin was minted from 1858 to 2012. Featured maple leaves on the reverse. The C...

The copper coin of everyday commerce in the early Islamic world. Unlike gold dinars and silver dirha...

The coins of the Knights Hospitaller on Malta. Featured the cross of the Order and the Grand Masters...

The copper coins of the Kushan Empire were the everyday currency of Central Asia and northern India....

The coins of the Chola Empire of southern India. Featured the Chola tiger emblem, fish, and bow. The...

The copper coin of the Mughal Empire, the everyday currency for common people. The dam was worth app...

The coins of the Maratha Confederacy, which challenged Mughal power. Featured the Maratha flag and s...

The coins of the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Featured the Sikh symbol and the name of G...

The copper coin of everyday commerce in the Ottoman Empire. Featured the name of the sultan and the ...

A small Russian coin worth half a kopek. The word denga is the origin of the English word money thro...

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

The coins of the Kingdom of Burma before British colonization. Featured the peacock emblem of the Ko...

Coins minted by the Latin Empire established after the Fourth Crusade captured Constantinople in 120...

Coins of the Kushano-Sasanian governors who ruled Bactria and parts of northern India for the Sasani...

Coins of the Turk Shahi dynasty that ruled Kabul and Gandhara. Featured bull and horseman designs, r...

See Islamic Fals. Early Umayyad copper coins retained Byzantine and Sasanian imagery before the refo...

Copper coins of the Abbasid Caliphate, minted in dozens of cities across the Islamic world. Each cit...

Coins of the Ayyubid dynasty founded by Saladin. Featured the names of the ruler and the Abbasid cal...

Coins of the Mamluk Sultanate that ruled Egypt and Syria from 1250 to 1517. The Mamluks were slave s...

Coins of the Almohad Caliphate that succeeded the Almoravids. Featured the name of the Almohad ruler...

The coins of the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain. Featured the Nasrid motto There...

Coins of the Marinid dynasty that succeeded the Almohads in Morocco. The Marinids attempted to recre...

Coins of the Sur Empire founded by Sher Shah Suri, who expelled Humayun from India. Sher Shah introd...

The coinage of the Vijayanagara Empire, the last great Hindu empire of southern India. Featured Hind...

Coins minted by the British East India Company in India. The EIC received minting rights from the Mu...

Coins of the 565 princely states that coexisted with British India. Each state had its own coinage, ...

Coins of Portuguese India, covering Goa, Daman, and Diu. Portuguese coins were minted in Goa from th...

A small silver coin of the Kandyan Kingdom of Sri Lanka. The fanam was worth 1/12 of a rupee. Featur...

A debased silver or copper coin used for small transactions in Spain and its colonies. The vellon sy...

A half real copper coin used in Spain and its colonies. The medio was the smallest silver denominati...

A small copper coin worth one quarter of a maravedi. The cuarto was the lowest denomination coin in ...

A pattern dollar coin made of goloid, an alloy of silver, gold, and copper. Proposed by Dr. William ...

Local coinage from Cheju Island off the coast of China, featuring distinctive local designs. Local a...

Coins of Burma featuring the peacock, the symbol of the Konbaung Dynasty. The last Burmese coins wer...

The last Umayyad copper coins before the reform of Abd al-Malik. These coins showed the caliph stand...

A copper coin of the Abbasid period used for small transactions. The copper dirham or fels was minte...

A large copper coin minted during the Napoleonic era in Spain. The millonet was worth one thousandth...

The early US copper coinage includes the Chain cent, Wreath cent, Liberty Cap cent, and half cent of...

Colonial American coins include the Massachusetts Pine Tree and Oak Tree shillings minted in Boston ...

A state copper coinage authorized by the Connecticut legislature. Featured a seated Liberty on the o...

See Fugio Cent entry. Designed by Benjamin Franklin. The reverse showed 13 linked rings, a design la...

Coins minted for the Philippines under US administration from 1903 to 1945. Featured a Filipino man ...

The 5 euro cent coin is made of copper covered steel. Features a smooth edge. Over 15 billion have b...

The 2 euro cent coin features a grooved edge with a fine ridge pattern. Made of copper covered steel...

Political tokens have been used in American elections since the 1800s. The most famous are the Hard ...

Tokens issued during the economic depression of 1837 to 1844. When President Andrew Jackson killed t...

Also called store cards. Tokens issued by merchants as small change when official coins were scarce....

Tokens issued by businesses as promotional items or substitutes for coins. A customer who bought a c...