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How did the US quarter get its name?

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∙ 11y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

As shown on the bottom reverse, it is a "quarter dollar" which is 1/4 of a dollar comprised of 100 cents (25 cents). The slang term "two bits" comes from the Spanish Dollar silver coins, which were each worth 8 reales (pieces of eight)...where one-fourth of that 'dollar' was 2 reales (bits).

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