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Common terms and phrases
AMERICA approx authorized bullion CAROLINA Centavos Centennial Christian Gobrecht circulation coinage coined at Philadelphia collectors composition copper Copper-nickel clad denomination Denver diameter dimes drapery EAGLE REVERSE EF-40 EXTREMELY feathers FINE-All FINE-Hair Frank Gasparro G-4 GOOD-Date GOD WE TRUST gold coins grains grams hair hairlines half cents half dollar Halfpenny head/Wreath Indian John Reich known Large date Large letters legend Lettered edge Light blemishes mark location mint mark Minted F-12 Minted G-4 VG-8 motto MS-60 UNCIRCULATED-No trace nickel Normal date obverse Philadelphia Mint plain edge planchet PLURIBUS Quan quarter Rare Rays readable reeded edge Restrike reverse shows Robert Scot San Francisco San Francisco Mint Sesquicentennial shield Shilling Silver clad silver coins silver dollar Sinnock slight wear Small date Small Letters specimens three-cent piece Threepence tokens trace of wear type coin uncirculated United United States Coinage UNUM weight wreath York