Did You Know?

Did you know?
Did you ever wonder why dimes, quarters and half dollars have
notched edges, while pennies and nickels do not? The US Mint
began putting notches on the edges of coins containing gold and
silver to discourage holders from shaving off small quantities of
the precious metals. Dimes, quarters and half dollars are
notched because they used to contain silver. Pennies and nickels
aren’t notched because the metals they contain were not valuable
enough to shave.

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