This document provides information about different US coins, including their names, values, pictures on heads and tails sides, and short rhymes to help remember the values. It discusses pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars. It also includes practice problems identifying coins and their values, as well as converting combinations of coins to higher denominations.
2. Penny
Name - 1 penny
1 cent
Worth - 1¢
$ .01
Penny, penny,
Easily spent.
Copper brown
and worth one cent
3. What person is found on the
heads side of a penny?
It’s Abraham
Lincoln!
4. Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Abraham
Lincoln was
the 16th
president of
the United
States.
5. What building is on
the tails side
of the penny?
It’s the Lincoln Memorial
in Washington D.C.
What is found
inside the Lincoln
Memorial? A statue of
Abraham Lincoln.
6. Nickel
Name – 1 nickel
5 cents
Worth - 5¢
$ .05
Nickel, nickel,
Thick and fat.
You're worth five cents,
I know that.
7. What person is found on the
heads side of a nickel?
It’s
Thomas
Jefferson!
8. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Thomas
Jefferson was
the 3rd
president of
the United
States
9. What is on the tails side
of the nickel?
Monticello, the home of
Thomas Jefferson, is found on the
tails side of the nickel.
10. Dime
Name – 1 dime
10 cents
Worth - 10¢
$ .10
Dime, dime,
Little and thin.
I remember,
you're worth ten.
11. What person is found on the
heads side of a dime?
It’s Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt.
12. Who was Franklin
Delano Roosevelt?
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt was
the 32nd
president of
the United
States.
13. What three things are
found on the tails
side of the dime?
A torch
A branch of laurel
A branch of oak
14. Quarter
Name – 1 quarter
25 cents
Worth - 25¢
$ .25
Quarter, quarter,
big and bold.
You're worth twenty-five
I am told.
15. What person is found on the
heads side of a quarter?
It’s George
Washington!
16. Who was George Washington?
George
Washington
was the 1st
president of
the United
States
17. What is on the tails
side of the quarter?
It is the
Presidential Coat
of Arms; an eagle
with outstretched
wings.
18. Half Dollar
Name – 1 half dollar
50 cents
Worth - 50¢
$ .50
Half-a-dollar, half-a-dollar,
giant size,
50 cents to buy
some fries.
19. What person is found on the
heads side of a half dollar?
It’s John
Kennedy!
20. Who was
John
Kennedy?
John Kennedy
was the 35th
president of
the United
States. He was
assassinated.
21. What is on the tails side
of the half dollar?
It is the
Presidential
Seal.
22. Dollar
Name – 1 dollar
1 buck
Worth - $1.00
Dollar, dollar,
green and long,
Worth 100 cents,
you can't go wrong!!!
23. What person is found on the
front side of a dollar?
George
Washington!
24. What is on the back side of the
dollar?
It pictures the word
"ONE" flanked by two
circles, picturing the
front and back of the
Great Seal of the United
States of America.
26. What coin is this?
How much is it worth?
Name – 1 quarter
25 cents
Worth - 25¢
$ .25 Quarter, quarter,
big and bold.
You're worth twenty-five
I am told.
27. What coin is this?
How much is it worth?
Name – 1 dime
10 cents
Worth - 10¢
$ .10
Dime, dime,
Little and thin.
I remember,
you're worth ten.
28. What is this called?
How much is it worth?
Name – 1 dollar
1 buck
Worth - $1.00
Dollar, dollar,
green and long,
Worth 100 cents,
you can't go wrong!!!
29. What coin is this?
How much is it worth?
Name – 1 half dollar
50 cents
Worth - 50¢
$ .50
Half-a-dollar, half-a-dollar,
giant size,
50 cents to buy
some fries.
30. What coin is this?
How much is it worth?
• Name – 1 nickel
5 cents
• Worth - 5¢
$ .05
Nickel, nickel,
Thick and fat.
You're worth five cents,
I know that.
31. What coin is this?
How much is it worth?
• Name - 1 penny
1 cent
• Worth - 1¢
$ .01 Penny, penny,
Easily spent.
Copper brown
and worth one cent
