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I'm pretty sure if you get hold of some Quarters and Halves, you will find for their denomination, it says Quarter Dollar and Half Dollar.
I'm pretty sure if you get hold of some Quarters and Halves, you will find for their denomination, it says Quarter Dollar and Half Dollar.
They do -- I'm just wondering why it's (presumably) acceptable to refer to certain US coins as "nickels" or "double eagles" but not "pennies", while citing only the printed denomination as the justification for that. Nowhere on a "nickel" does it say "nickel" -- they've said "five cents" for over 100 years.
If it's to avoid confusion with other countries' coins, that's understandable. But saying only "look at the back" doesn't tell the whole story.



















