The Utah quarter shows two locomotives moving toward the Golden Spike that joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, creating the nation’s transcontinental railroad in 1869. The inscription says,...
The reverse of Montana’s quarter depicts a bison skull above the diverse Montana landscape with the inscription “Big Sky Country.” The coin also bears the inscriptions, “Montana” and “1889.” It was designed...
The reverse of Idaho’s quarter depicts the Peregrine Falcon above an outline of Idaho state. The coin bears the inscriptions, “Esto Perpetua” (the state motto, which means, “May it be Forever”), “Idaho” and...
Most Lincoln pennies minted before 1982 were made of 95% copper. Each penny weighing in at 3.11 grams yields 2.95 grams of pure copper. It takes approximately 151 pennies (pre 1982) to yield 1 pound of pure...