Hello, today we are going to tall about US money, coins
I think the coins are very interesting
let's start with the largest face value
this golden one is one dollar
it has a man on one side, and the statue of liberty on the other side
This one has Thoma Jefferson on it
who once was a president of the US
this series of US dollar coin is still under goin
which will stamp all the president in US history onto dollar coins
the first one was George Washington,of course
This series started at 2007
publishing one new president dollar each season
so there are 4 different dollar coins each year
this one is Thomas Jefferson
US president dollar coins haven't complete yet
They're publishing new coins every season
that's one dollar
the next I'm going to talk about is 25 cents
ah, for 25 cents, there are more versions
this one has someone on the obverse
this one is really old
published in 1965
quite wore out
on the back, is the bald eagle of the Great Seal
I've talked about this bald eagle in the episode of paper money
who has olive branch in one talon and arrows in another talon
it had also been stamped on the back of 25 cents
Between 1999 to 2008, Department of US Treasury produced a series of quarter(25 cents)
they stamped all 50 states of the American on the reverse side of quarter
The one in my hand is Virginia
and I will show you the whole set of the 50 states quarter
which and been produced during 1999-2008
I have collected the set of them
I've read that average each household in the US would have one family member collecting the quarter coins
from here, you put one to show the obverse of the coin
then followed the first state of the US, Delaware
then Pennsylvania
they were made in the order that they ratified the Constitution or were admitted into the Union.
then all the way to the last state
Here, Hawaii, the fiftieth state
Collecting 50 states quarters was a popular activity back then
so there was this kind of album on the market to tuck the coins in
for your convenience of collecting
I was excited I finally made it all the way to Hawaii
felt really released: I don't have to keep up with them anymore
then, the Department of US Treasure made another decision
they made another set of US territory quarters
such as Puerto Rico and etc
those quarters I showed you are not for collection only
Those are the money we use in the daily life
After the set of US territory is complete
I thought this time, they would be settled
I wish
They will never settle down
right now, they are publishing American the Beautiful set, which contains all the national parks in the US
This one is what I've found in my piggy bank
I didn't collect them after the states quarters
I just couldn't keep up with them(US mint)
They will always come up with new ideas
This one is Acadia, a national park in Maine,
the most north state in the US
on the east coast
you can go to Maine to eat lobster,that's awsome
what is National Park?
They include Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, about which we heard before
They all going to be published in this set
That's the 25 cents
the next one is the 10 cents coin
it has a man on one side, and on the other side, looks like a torch and two plants
I don't know what they are who he is
come next 5 cents
They also produced different design of 5 cents coin
I saw at least 5 different design
but I only found two in my piggy bank
during daily life, I think the 25 cents is most widely used one
the others are not that active
this one, the the lowest face value of the US coin, one cent
English likes to name things
Chinese doesn't
Chinese culture seems not caring about names
in English, they named seven days of a week,
but in Chinese, we just call them day 1,day 2....
12 month a year, English also named each month
In Chinese, we just all them month 1, month 2 in the sequence
They even named every single coin!
this one is call dollar, easy to understand
25 cents coin called quarter
quarter means 1/4, the face value 25 cents equals 1/4 of a dollar
10 cents coin, is called dime
can I translate dime into "Mao"(that's what we call ten cents in Chinese)
It's probably a bad translation
5 cents coin, called nickel, because it had been composted by certain portion of nickel(the metal)
one cent, called penny
right now the cost of mint a penny is exceeded the face value
there was a debate about penny
whether US should discontinue mint penny
the whole process made it doesn't worth the work
even the metal worth more than the face value
but so far, US mint is still making pennies
There was a strong argument against it
discontinuing penny will reduce the charity contribution in the US
I will make a video about the charity work in the US
You can always see the fundraising jar some where
then ask you to toss your changes in
so if the penny be discontinued, the charity contributes will be reduced
That was a strong aguement
so the US Treasury still publish penny even though it seems doesn't worth it
as I know, Canada had discontinued penny
in last year
I think it was last year, I didn't check the excact time
I'm pretty sure that was recent decision
Now, we know the names of the coins
when you want to say how much money
but if you give someone money
you can say, I give you a quarter
say there names
and, Penney has the least face value
but the smallest coin is dime
let's compare side to side
Dime is smaller than penny
and it's also thiner
these are nickel and dime side to side
nickel is bigger and thicker than penny,too
I don't know why US mint design the coin in this way
by common sense, larger face value should have larger size
What had dime done?Why did it end up so small?
To newcomers to the US, I think I was quite difficult to recognize the coins
I use to have to flip over every single coin I received to see the word on it to determine the value
coins are very actively in circulation(in China,is another story)
(if you are interested in collection coins,you can check on US mint's website for further info)
especially quarter
If you need to parking by the curb side
buying soda from the vending machine
or go to laundry mat
most of the machines take quarter
I think quarter is the most useful coin during the circulation
This episode about US coin is voer
The reason I made those two episodes about US money are
first, showing the interesting side of US through their currency
then, I hope this video could help the people who are coming to US to study, work,
whom may want to know some detail about US money could get the useful information through my video
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