Posted 09/01/2017 9:05 pm
Yes, Verdi-Care will help stabilize the coin against further corrosion. The faster, the better. You can use a soft but firm object, such as a rose thorn, to pick at the debris without damaging the coin.
They are not called "large pennies" because the official denomination of the United States coin representing 1/100th of a dollar is the "cent." It derives from the Latin "centum" meaning the number 100, and its plural in English is "cents" (it has no plural form in Latin, being indeclinable.)
The term "Penny" usually refers to the pre-decimal British (and Commonwealth) coin representing 1/12 shilling or 1/240th of a monetary pound. The term "penny" is actually short for pennyweight (dwt), a measure which represented 24 grains or 1/240th of a pound sterling - this was, in fact, the weight of the British penny prior to the adoption of the Tower pound. Its plural is "pence", originally an abbreviated spoken form of "pennies."
(In the highly unlikely situation Britain ever rejoins the EU and -- somehow even unlikelier -- adopts the Euro, it would probably change to using "cent" and "cents", too!)
They are not called "large pennies" because the official denomination of the United States coin representing 1/100th of a dollar is the "cent." It derives from the Latin "centum" meaning the number 100, and its plural in English is "cents" (it has no plural form in Latin, being indeclinable.)
The term "Penny" usually refers to the pre-decimal British (and Commonwealth) coin representing 1/12 shilling or 1/240th of a monetary pound. The term "penny" is actually short for pennyweight (dwt), a measure which represented 24 grains or 1/240th of a pound sterling - this was, in fact, the weight of the British penny prior to the adoption of the Tower pound. Its plural is "pence", originally an abbreviated spoken form of "pennies."
(In the highly unlikely situation Britain ever rejoins the EU and -- somehow even unlikelier -- adopts the Euro, it would probably change to using "cent" and "cents", too!)
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