Answers to questions for  www.usmint.gov/kids

1.  What does it mean to mint a coin?  To make a coin.

2.  What are legends? A legend is text on the coin

3.  Name some legends you find on a quarter?    In God We Trust, United States of America, Liberty.

3  What do you call the picture on a coin?    A portrait.

4  Why is there a tiny letter on the face of a quarter?   It is a mint mark and it tells you at which mint was the coin made.

5.  What are the coins made of?   The silver coins are made of copper and nickel, pennies are made of copper and zinc.

6.What is a field?   A field is the design you find around the coin on back.

7. What field do you find on a quarter? Usually the branches around the eagle, but with the new quarters it varies. 

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