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A coin is a piece of hard material that is standardized in weight, is produced in large quantities in order to facilitate trade, and primarily can be used as a legal tender token for commerce in the designated country, region, or territory. Coins are usually metal or a metallic material and sometimes made of synthetic materials, usually in the shape of a disc, and most often issued by a government. Coins are used as a form of money in transactions of various kinds, from the everyday circulation coins to the storage of large numbers of bullion coins. In the present day, coins and banknotes make up the cash forms of all modern money systems. Coins made for paying bills and general monetized use are usually used for lower-valued units, and banknotes for the higher values; also, in most money systems, the highest value coin made for circulation is worth less than the lowest-value note. The face value of circulation coins is usually higher than the gross value of the metal used in making them, but this is not generally the case with historical circulation coins made of precious metals. Exceptions to the rule of coin face-value being higher than content value, also occur for some "bullion coins" made of silver or gold (and, rarely, other metals, such as platinum or palladium), intended for collectors or investors in precious metals. Examples of modern gold collector/investor coins include the American Gold Eagle minted by the United States, the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf minted by Canada, and the Krugerrand, minted by South Africa. The American Gold Eagle has a face value of US$50, and the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coins also have nominal (purely symbolic) face values (e.g., C$50 for 1 oz.); but the Krugerrand does not. Historically, a great number of coinage metals (including alloys) and other materials have been used practically, artistically, and experimentally in the production of coins for circulation, collection, and metal investment, where bullion coins often serve as more convenient stores of assured metal quantity and purity than other bullion. Coins have long been linked to the concept of money, as reflected by the fact that in other languages the words "coin" and "currency" are synonymous. Fictional currencies may also bear the name coin (as such, an item may be said to be worth 123 coin or 123 coins). From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What are the coins and banknotes with unusual denominations? Q. Some coins and banknotes have unusual denominations. For example, there are coins of 4 doubles and 8 doubles in Guernesey, coins of 4 taris in Sicilia, 6 roubles, 15 kopecks, there are banknotes of 3 roubles. These values (4, 6, 8 and 15) are not common for coins and 3 is not common for a banknote. Do you know other coins and notes with odd denominations? Asked by Utilisateur1969 - Tue Aug 28 18:19:48 2007 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments A. As BD in NM wrote the U.S. has had some strange denominations. He did not mention the 2 1/2, 3 and 4 dollar gold coins. One thing about other countries what may seem an odd figure to us is not to the people living there. Back in the days of state sanctioned banks, the ones before the Civil war, $3, $4 and $7 bills were not uncommon. The big thing today is coins from countries that don't exist. They are selling coins from Atlantis and the like. There is even paper money from the Antarctic. See if a library near you has the Krause/Mishler Standard Catalogs of world coins. The 1601-1700, 1701-1800 and the 1801-1900 volumes are a great place to find the odd denominations. They used to take the Spanish colonial coins and divide them up in to… [cont.] Answered by Taiping - Tue Aug 28 19:48:18 2007 What are the odds of thowing up three coins in the air and having them land stacked on their edges? Q. Three coins stacked on each other's edge, what are the odds of this happening in a 3 coin flip? Throw up three coins into the air, they come down, they bounce and come to rest not just on their edges but stacked on their edges. The coins would have to be well made and capable of balancing in such a way. Asked by Art - Sat May 8 15:05:35 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well, they say nothing is impossible so I would say maybe once in your entire life time if you live to be at least 157 years!!!. Answered by Brainz - Wed May 12 09:44:58 2010 How many different combination of coins can make 25 cents?
Q. If I buy something for 25 cents, how many different combination of coins can I use? Example: 1 quarter or 1 nickel and 2 dimes. Asked by Hartej - Wed Jun 2 18:45:56 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. Assuming modern USA coinage. 1Q 1D 3N 1D 2N 5P 1D 1N 10P 1D 15P 2D 1N 2D 5P 5N 4N 5P 3N 10P 2N 15P 1N 20P 25P I count 13 combinations If you allow for alternative coinage from early America, there are far more. We at one time circulated the 20 , 3 , 2 , and coins. Answered by CogitoErgoCogitoSum - Wed Jun 2 18:49:42 2010 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Coins"
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