1. Money Collecting
By Michael McNeil

2. Introduction
I hope you may appreciate the study of coins, paper money, tokens and medals.
Things to be learned today:
The different U.S. coins
Paper money
Local clubs
Anyone can get started. All you need is an interest in coins and a box to put them in.

3. Agenda
Coins
Paper Money
Local Coin Clubs

4. Overview Money is every where.
Today I will talk mainly about US currency.

5. Vocabulary What is a money? What is a coin? What is paper money?
The most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender.
What is a coin?
- A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money.
What is paper money?
Paper notes with standardized characteristics issued as money.

6. U.S. Coins - Pre-Federal issue
Colonial Issues
This coinage, the first struck for the English colonies in America, was issued about Coins similar to this were struck until about 1780 for Dutch Markets.
Post-Colonial Issues dates between

7. U.S. Coins - Federal Issues
Continental Currency ( )
Half Cents ( )
Large Cents ( )
Small Cents (1857)
Flying eagle ( )
Indian Head ( )
Lincoln, wheat ears reverse ( )
Lincoln, Memorial reverse (1959 to current)

8. U.S. Coins Two-Cent Piece (1864-1873) Three-Cent Piece
Silver Three-Cent Piece ( )
Nickel Three-Cent Piece ( )

9. U.S. Coins Nickel Five-Cent Piece Shield (1866-1883)
Liberty Head ( )
Indian Head or Buffalo ( )
Jefferson (1938 to current)
Wartime Silver Alloy ( )
Prewar Composition ( )
Peace Medal (2004)
Keelboat (2004)
American Bison (2005)
Ocean In View (2005)
Westward Journey (2006)

10. U.S. Coins Half Dime (1794-1873) Dime Twenty-Cent Piece (1875-1878)
Draped Bust ( )
Capped Bust ( )
Liberty Seated ( )
Barber or Liberty Head ( )
Winged Liberty Head or “Mercury” ( )
Roosevelt (1946 to current)
Twenty-Cent Piece ( )

11. U.S. Coins Quarter alias “two bits” Draped Bust (1796-1807)
Heraldic Eagle Reverse ( )
Capped Bust ( )
Liberty Seated ( )
Barber or Liberty Head ( )
Standing Liberty ( )
Washington (1932 to current)
Silver ( )
Clad ( )
State Quarter ( )

12. U.S. Coins Half Dollar Flowing Hair (1794-1795)
Draped Bust ( )
Heraldic Eagle Reverse ( )
Capped Head Bust Lettered Edge ( )
Liberty Seated ( )
Barber or Liberty Head ( )
Liberty Walking ( )
Franklin ( )
Kennedy (1964 to current)

13. U.S. Coins Dollar Flowing Hair (1794-1795)
Silver Draped Bust ( )
Gobrecht Dollars ( )
Liberty Seated ( )
Trade Dollars ( )
Morgan ( )
Peace ( )
Eisenhower ( )
Susan B. Anthony ( )
Sacagawea ( )
George Washington (2007)

14. U.S. Currency
Large size
Small size
Fractional

15. Portraits $1 - George Washington $2 – Thomas Jefferson
$5 – Abraham Lincoln
$10 – Alexander Hamilton
$20 – Andrew Jackson
$50 – Ulysses S. Grant
$100 – Benjamin Franklin
$500 –William McKinley
$1,000 Grover Cleveland
$5,000 James Madison
$10,000 Salmon P. Chase
$100,000 Woodrow Wilson

16. Currency – What to look for?
Star or Replacement notes
Block Letter A-A, A-B,A-C, and so on.
Collection by the numbers
Solid numbers
Low numbers being the ultimate
Radar number
Ladder number
Poker hands

17. Local Clubs
Anderson - Madison County Coin Club
Muncie Coin and Stamp Club
Marion Coin Club
Greencastle Coin Club
Jasper Coin Club
Bloomington Coin Club

18. Summary Many different U.S. coins.
Next time you get change take a moment and search for a treasure.
I invite you to come to a coin club or find a coin club near you.