COIN DESIGN PROJECT

College Prep Chemistry

Ms. Littleton

 

 

INFORMATION ON COINS

 

United States Department of the Treasury – One of the many jobs of the Treasury is the production and circulation of currency.

http://www.ustreas.gov/

 

Currency and Coins Information

http://www.ustreas.gov/topics/currency/index.html

 

The United States Mint – The organization of our government that designs and produces all coins (both circulating coins and collectors coins).

http://www.usmint.gov

 

Coin Specifications - composition, design, weight, diameter, etc.

http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/index.cfm?action=coin_specifications

 

Basic U.S. Coin Facts (About.com) – Includes information on how coins are made, composition of coins, denominations, emblems and inscriptions,

http://coins.about.com/library/weekly/aa030100a.htm

 

Money (Factmonster.com) – Easy to read information on how coins are made, coins in other countries, and counterfeiting.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801192.html

 

Denominations, specifications, and design of coins (Legal Information Institute) – Look here to get an idea of the specifications of coins currently issued by the U.S. Mint. Your coin must have its own, original, specifications.

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/31/5112.html

 

Metals Used in Coins and Medals – includes information on metals, alloys and nonmetals

http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html

 

Coin Metals (The Wooden Periodic Table)

http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Elements/Coins/index.s7.html

 

National Numismatic Collection (Smithsonian Institute) – One of the largest coin collections in the world. Look here to see ideas on coin design.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/csr/cadnnc.htm

 

American Numismatic Association – A coin collectors association. Look here for ideas on coin design.

http://www.money.org/index.shtml

 

Royal Canadian Mint

http://www.mint.ca/en/index_home2

 

Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland

http://www.centralbank.ie/

 

Royal Australian Mint

http://www.ramint.gov.au/

 

 

PERIODIC TABLE LINKS

(FOR INFORMATION ON PROPERTIES OF ELEMENTS)

 

WebElements Periodic Table – description of appearance, availability, pictures, methods of isolating element

http://www.webelements.com/

 

Pictorial Periodic Table – general information and pictures of elements

http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html

 

The Wooden Periodic Table – cool pictures and information on various elements

http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/

 

It’s Elemental – Jefferson Lab Periodic Table of Elements – general information, history and uses

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html

 

Chemical Elements.com – general facts (atomic number, data, date of discovery)

http://www.chemicalelements.com/

 

 

INFORMATION ON OBTAINING / REFINING METALS

 

The World Metals Information Network – You can get some information on pricing here.

Follow these steps:

http://www.amm.com/

 

Advent Research Materials – Suppliers of metals and alloys in various forms and levels of purity. Prices of products are available. Provides information on certain metals.

http://www.advent-rm.com/setcountry1.asp

 

Mineral Database – Information on physical and chemical properties of minerals and locations of minerals. Search for minerals by name or by element found in mineral.

http://www.mindat.org/

 

Minerals (The Wooden Periodic Table) – Use this periodic table link to find which minerals contain certain metals.

http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Elements/Minerals/index.s7.html

 

Mineral Resources Links (US Geological Survey)

http://answers.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/gsbrowse?tcode=977

 

Metallic Ores Links (US Geological Survey)

http://answers.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/gsbrowse?tcode=566

 

 

INFORMATION ON NONMETALLIC RESOURCES

 

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University – Read about the different types of materials other than metals. Click on the links for the following materials: polymers, ceramics, glasses.

http://www.mse.cornell.edu/materials_science_discovering/

 

 

CONVERSIONS

 

OnlineConversion.com – get conversion factors for converting English units into Metric units.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

 

 

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