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The following table gives specifications for The United States Mint legal tender coins presently in production for United States Mint Annual Sets.

Denomination Cent Nickel Dime Quarter Dollar Half Dollar Presidential $1 Native American $1 Coin
Composition Copper Plated Zinc

2.5% Cu
Balance Zn
Cupro-Nickel

25% Ni
Balance Cu
Cupro-Nickel

8.33% Ni
Balance Cu
Cupro-Nickel

8.33% Ni
Balance Cu
Cupro-Nickel

8.33% Ni
Balance Cu
Manganese-Brass

88.5% Cu
6% Zn
3.5% Mn
2% Ni
Manganese-Brass

88.5% Cu
6% Zn
3.5% Mn
2% Ni
Weight 2.500 g 5.000 g 2.268 g 5.670 g 11.340 g 8.1 g 8.1 g
Diameter 0.750 in.
19.05 mm
0.835 in.
21.21 mm
0.705 in.
17.91 mm
0.955 in.
24.26 mm
1.205 in.
30.61 mm
1.043 in.
26.49 mm
1.043 in.
26.49 mm
Thickness 1.55 mm 1.95 mm 1.35 mm 1.75 mm 2.15 mm 2.00mm 2.00 mm
Edge Plain Plain Reeded Reeded Reeded Edge-Lettering Edge-Lettering
No. of Reeds N/A N/A 118 119 150 N/A N/A

Quick Circulating Coin Facts:

  • Mutilated Coins:  United States Coins no longer fit for circulation are classified as "uncurrent" or mutilated.
    • Uncurrent coins are coins that are worn yet recognizable as to genuineness and denomination, and are machine countable.  Uncurrent coins are redeemed by the Federal Reserve Banks, then forwarded to the Mint for disposition.
    • Mutilated coins are coins that are chipped, fused and not machine countable.  Mutilated coins are only redeemable through the United States Philadelphia Mint facility.
  • All uncurrent or mutilated coins received by the Mint are melted and reused in the manufacture of coinage strips.

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