1954-D 1958-D Wheat Pennies, What Is A Rainbow Penny?

Not clear what it is exactly you are asking! There is no such thing as Rainbow Penny, but that term is often used to refer to a type of multi color toning on coins in general, hence the colors of Rainbow.

Rainbow Penny...didn't know she was part of that LGBTQ-RSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJK PC group...



BTW, on the reverse it says "ONE CENT", the "penny" is a holdout to keep Brit traditions...why Congress first passed legislation for minting the Half Cent and One Cent, to further break the bonds of British rule in the 1790's...that won't cost you "one red cent!"(maybe a brown one, little short on cash today...)

Crazyb0, I hear what you're saying and it makes me wonder why they come in boxes like this?

Hey OldJoe, ever notice just how many Brits, Aussies and Canucks have infiltrated the USA?, in all levels of society? Its an invasion, I tell ya!


Come to think of it, maybe they may do better than all the yahoos we have!



And Mox, just who did really win the War of 1812?

Butch , I made a comment quite a while ago about calling them Pennies . I said forget it, it's like spitting against the wind .

Thanks coop! And anyone who tried to read between the lines of my late night coin posting, since I'm new to collecting I was just tying to understand the many "terminology's" people use to reference different kinds of "cents" aka pennys!!

Yes, they can have different names now. When you compare coins of many different countries, it is interesting how many countries that are or have been under Britain's rule use the cent instead of the penny.

I personally don't care what people call them but, I suggest an awareness of the origins. A penny is 1/240 of a Pound. That is, until the UK went decimal in 1971. The US has always been decimal oriented.

From an historical perspective, you may be inclined to call them pennies (as they still are in the UK) but, I go by what is actually on the coin, not the wrapper or box that contains them. The coin says "ONE CENT". It always has.

If you ask someone what the U.S. coin is called, they will be likely to say "penny" but, if you ask them to say "$0.03", they will say " Three Cents" and not "Three pence" or even "Three pennies".

Just an observation.