Knowing the CoinsTelling the coins apart by size, colour and edge, before any counting.1st GradeRecognise the coin first. Counting money is impossible until you can namethem.CoinWorthHow to spot itPenny1cthe only copper-coloured oneNickel5cthick, smooth edge, bigger than a dimeDime10cthe smallest coin of all, ridged edgeQuarter25cthe biggest of the four, ridged edgeThe dime is worth more than the nickel but is smaller. Size does not tellyou value.Knowing the Coinslearnposters.com
Knowing the Coins — printable math wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Knowing the Coins poster

A 4-row table: Coin · Worth · How to spot it.

Recognise the coin first. Counting money is impossible until you can name them.

The dime is worth more than the nickel but is smaller. Size does not tell you value.

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What’s on the Knowing the Coins poster?
A 4-row table: Coin · Worth · How to spot it. Recognise the coin first. Counting money is impossible until you can name them. Penny — 1c — the only copper-coloured one; Nickel — 5c — thick, smooth edge, bigger than a dime; Dime — 10c — the smallest coin of all, ridged edge; Quarter — 25c — the biggest of the four, ridged edge. The dime is worth more than the nickel but is smaller. Size does not tell you value.
Who is the Knowing the Coins poster for?
Knowing the Coins is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Knowing the Coins poster?
Empty a purse onto the table and sort into piles by coin, not by value. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Knowing the Coins belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Knowing the Coins?
3D Shapes, Adding zero and Adding one sit alongside Knowing the Coins in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.3D ShapesAdding zeroAdding one
Is the Knowing the Coins poster free to download and print?
Yes. Knowing the Coins downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Knowing the Coins poster print at?
Knowing the Coins is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Knowing the Coins loses nothing.Printing guide

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