copper coins
Small metal change
Copper coins are coins made primarily of copper or copper alloys, historically the lowest-denomination currency in most monetary systems.
Pennies, cents, and farthings were traditionally copper coins.
The term sometimes appears in fantasy settings or historical contexts: He had only a few copper coins to his name.
In modern usage, copper coins often means small change of little value.
- commemorative coinsCurrency issued for remembrance
- mintingProducing official currency
- verdigrisCopper oxidation's green crust
- currencyMedium of exchange
- patinaSurface film from aging
bronze · legal tender · cents · pennies · Lincoln penny · spare change · pocket money · oxidation · alloy · halfpenny · engraving · coinage · denomination · ancient coins · rare coins · clinking · brass · piggy bank
- ancient moneydenarius, shekel, drachma, solidus, coinage
- copperworkcoppersmithing, copperware, weathervanes, gutters, downspouts
- Byzantine coinssolidus, hexagram, gold coins, silver coins, bronze coins
- colonial moneypaper money, paper currency, Spanish dollar, piece of eight, pieces of eight
- Roman coinsdenarius, as, solidus, denarii, semis
- currencydollar, euro, pound, yen, peso
copper coinspaper money
Currency in bill form
banknotes · bills · currency notes · gold coins · silver coins
copper coinsgold coins
Currency struck from precious yellow metal
gold bullion · silver coins · gold sovereigns · gold doubloons · silver dollars
copper coinsdigital currency
Currency stored electronically
cryptocurrency · electronic payment · contactless payment · Bitcoin · credit cards