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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 1062338, member: 19456&quot;]I believe the proper name is cent regardless of the size. </p><p><br /></p><p>The technical name for the nickel is actually Five Cents, not nickel, although I don&#039;t know anyone who doesn&#039;t refer to them as nickels. </p><p><br /></p><p>A good baseline is to look at what is actually on the coin. It&#039;s not foolproof though. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the descriptions are added by hobbiest or the general public (as in the Mercury dime) for ease of description, however the US Mint has trademarked &quot;America The Beutiful Quarter Series&quot; and they may have trademarked Statehood Quarter as well although everyone I know refers to them as State Quarters. </p><p><br /></p><p>For world coins it can be a little harder to figure out, especially if they don&#039;t have it written in English. I use WorldCoinGallery.com as a baseline. (I have also contributed a few images to the Gallery, so...Plug alert!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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