Discovering the historic and artistic value of coins.
Monthly Mint Trivia: Which U.S. Mint facilities produce circulating coins?
Collecting Basics 101
Collecting coins can be a fun hobby shared with family and friends. You can collect coins by theme, year, or specific design. Learn about coins and discover why numismatists love the hobby of coin collecting. Read on to find resourceful ways to share information about coins with your students.
Educational Resources from the Mint:
- Getting Started Coin Collecting: Learn the best ways to care for and preserve a coin collection.
- Coin Collecting Trivia: Think you’re a coin-collecting whiz? Test your knowledge with this fun online trivia game.
- Parts of a Coin: Help students learn terminology and common parts of a coin.
- Mint Marks: Discover where U.S. Mint facilities are located and learn about their unique functions.
Activities for the entire class:
- Quarter Quest: Begin a pursuit for interesting coins to include in a coin collection.
- Money Patterns: Explore different ways to categorize, count, and combine coins.
Coin of the Month: 2025 Texas American Innovation $1 Coin
The Texas American Innovation $1 Coin obverse (heads) design features a dramatic representation of the Statue of Liberty in profile with the inscriptions “IN GOD WE TRUST” and “$1.” The design also includes a privy mark of a stylized gear, representing industry and innovation.
The reverse (tails) design features an American astronaut conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The image represents the culmination of the Mission Control Center’s economic, logistical, and intellectual support for NASA’s human space program, as well as its support of astronauts from the many countries that participate in the International Space Station program. Included inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “TEXAS.”
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Counting with Coins
Trivia Answer: Philadelphia and Denver