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Rookie collector any and all info and/or knowledge is greatly appreciated   |
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This Indian sure has been places during its 105 year lifetime!
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United States
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Yes, it's thin from wear, but it's not a penny!
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United States
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If it's not a penny, then what did people use at Penny Arcades in the late 19th and early 20th century?
Nice Penny!
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Edited by oih82w8
07/21/2014 5:47 pm
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Officially it's a one cent piece. However the much of the world calls a coin denoting 1/100 of the official currency, as a penny, fening, pfennig, penni, etc. They have similar root from the Roman denarius.
The penny, introduced in 785, originated as 1.3 to 1.5 grams of pure silver. It was 1/240 of the British Pound Sterling. Old English was, pennige (roughly pronounced "penny-yeah"
English plural of penny is pennies or pence. Malaysia, ironically as a former British colony, calls theirs 'sen'. Cent of course derives from 'centi', one hundredth. The term was introduced in currency when Thomas Jefferson introduced the decimal system in U.S. currency to avoid the confusion of the British system.
So the answer to your question is the Americans have again adopted names and words from other countries and languages. So yes... A penny is what we call it, like we call 5 cent pieces nickels, and dimes, and quarters, and halves... I was wrong, but penny still bothers me. Edited by Cruisinfusion
07/21/2014 6:12 pm
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If it's not a penny, then what did people use at Penny Arcades in the late 19th and early 20th century? A one-cent piece, a cent. When you look at the reverse of any cent, the words "ONE CENT" are just blatantly there, on the coin. It's just that the US as a whole country, even the Mint, calls them Pennies because the English denomination stuck as a nickname for the American cent after America gained independence from England. You should realize that it is indeed a cent even though Americans call it a penny. When you look at a Lincoln Cent album, you will realize that most of them all read "Cents" not "Pennies." When you look at stuff experts like Q. David Bowers write, you will see that they even call nickels Five-cent pieces. Why? Because it's their real name. I am personally very sensitive about calling them pennies in the coin collecting world. If collectors call them pennies, then could an expert truly call himself an "expert," when he does not know what their real name is.....? Edited by Matteproof
07/21/2014 6:41 pm
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That seems like a really pretentious take. Yes, they are technically called cents, but given that penny is the standard nomenclature, I don't think it makes you any less of a collector to call them that. IMO, that is a really petty reason to look down on someone who enjoys coin collecting.
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Pretentious or not, when they are clearly labeled "One Cent," I have to side Matteproof. Given that the (per-decimal) Penny was 1/240 of a Pound and a Cent is 1/100 of a Dollar, while I don't look down on anyone for using the wrong term, it is an opportunity to be more exact.
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Yeah pretty worn and just starting to lose the rim. Not quite G4. I swear I've got one just like it.
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Nickels aren't labelled nickels, but no one gets ridiculed for calling them that like they do pennies.
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I'm glad we straightened out this guff about pennies. Your corrections are duly noted.  |
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Pretentious or not, when they are clearly labeled "One Cent," I have to side Matteproof. Given that the (per-decimal) Penny was 1/240 of a Pound and a Cent is 1/100 of a Dollar, while I don't look down on anyone for using the wrong term, it is an opportunity to be more exact. Why does one need to be more exact that using a term that everyone understands? |
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Posted 07/21/2014 07:32 am
