The Small Plastic Tokens Inside Of Plastic- Wrapped Mint Sets Are One Way To Determine What Mint The Coins Contained Were Made By: P- Philadelphia, D- Denver. Another Way To Know The Mint Is The Plastic Of Denver Has Red Lines On It, And Philadelphia Is Blue.
It is called a "mini coin". They are manufactured as a novelty and have no numismatic {fancy word for coin collecting} value.
The reason your coin is the size and color of a nickel is that it IS a nickel, not a penny. Remember Roman numerals? V = 5. Please see the Related Question for more information.
The reason your coin is the size and color of a nickel is that it IS a nickel, not a penny. Remember Roman numerals? V = 5. Please see the Related Question for more information.
The only gold coin that I am aware of that was minted by the US Treasury in 1924 was the Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle. This coin had a diameter of 34mm and weighed 516 grains (33,436 grams).Its value in extra-fine condition is: $1225.00.
1888 makes it an Indian head cent, which is a small coin (same size as modern Lincoln cents). The '88 is a relatively common date, worth anywhere between $2 and $50 depending on condition. If the coin is in fact larger, still dated 1888, then that's probably not Liberty on the coin, but rather Queen Victoria. If it is, the denomination will say "One Penny" rather than "One Cent". Prices for that coin start at around $3.
About the size of a penny or coin.
The value to a collector depends on the coin's condition. Show it to a coin dealer.
The only 1857 coin with Queen Victoria and Britannia on opposite sides and roughly the size of a Penny, is a Penny.
The US one cent used to be much larger, but the size was reduced in 1857.
A "Penny Farthing" is not a coin, it was a very popular 19th Century bicycle invented in 1871 by British engineer, James Starley. It was called a "Penny Farthing" because of the disparate size of the two wheels, which were likened to a "Penny" and a "Farthing". There were Penny coins and Farthing coins, with four Farthings (Fourthings) to the Penny. Make up your mind which coin you have and resubmit your question.
that in a copper penny there is one atom for every person on earth.
If the coin is bigger than any penny in your pocket it's a novelty coin of some type. Indian Head cents were struck in 1877 but they are the same size as a modern Lincoln cent, also Wheat Penny's were first made in 1909.
It is called a "mini coin". They are manufactured as a novelty and have no numismatic {fancy word for coin collecting} value.
British Pennies are made to a specific size and weight. A penny half the thickness of a normal penny is either terribly worn, making it just about worthless, or it is a token of some description.
The reason your coin is the size and color of a nickel is that it IS a nickel, not a penny. Remember Roman numerals? V = 5. Please see the Related Question for more information.
The reason your coin is the size and color of a nickel is that it IS a nickel, not a penny. Remember Roman numerals? V = 5. Please see the Related Question for more information.
This is not a U.S. Mint issued coin. It may be a masonic coin of some kind.