Mar
Today is a productive day for me. As I was doing choirs and cleaning the closet, I was able to find quite a number of coins scattered just about everywhere. I also found piggy coin banks and pumpkin coin banks! My dad was very enthusiastic on keeping them. They usually come as giveaways and prizes at parties and events held at the hotel he is working at.
Grouping cents, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars is not such a chore for me after being here for quite some time. I could just recall the first few days we’ve settled in. I have to admit, it took some time to get used to. Basically, I was glad my younger siblings who went to high school here were asking me to help them in projects and stuff. Good thing they had this assignment once about coins and bills of America. I did my own research and found these back and front images of the coins. Unlike in the Philippines, here they have a variation of the design on the coins. Geographically speaking, America has 50 states. Thus, each of these states have been producing different coins in commemorating certain people and events that have made such an impact to America’s history as a whole. And I was pretty much glad to learn the basics of a country from monetary to history to the present law system there is. Being in a new place is indeed requiring much transition. And I must say, its not so bad after all. I know I have more to see and find out and experience – its a whole new world out there. So here you go, I hope I have made this post beneficial to those specifically looking for help with coins. I actually made this because it took me a while to garner good images of it and I know a lot might probably be wondering how they look like when they first land here.
So let me explain a little bit about what I found most interesting that made me easily specify which is which. Most coins are silver in color, unlike the Philippines’ monetary system there’s the 1 peso which takes the silver color. All you need to know is that the bronze ones are the pennies and gold ones are the dollar coins. You can never go wrong with that I’m sure! And the smallest of them all is the dime or 10 cents. Next in line with regards to size is the penny. Then we have the nickel or 5 cents. The way it is structured makes it stand out a bit – it is thick. Let your eyes and hands guide you. The quarter or 25 cents is most likely similar in size to the 1 peso in the Philippines. Next is the dollar coin. And the biggest, is the half dollar coin. Have fun learning the basics!
