1942 South Africa Something? | Penny

That's it? 1 penny.Makes me wonder how big their dollar is? Man this thing is big for a penny.it's still a pretty neat coin..Thank you for the info

You may occasionally see debate as whether or not the American 1 cent coin should properly be called a "penny" on an international coin forum like this one; coins like this are the reason why this debate happens.

This coin is not a cent; it's a penny; a "real penny", and there weren't 100 of them to a dollar. There were 12 pence (the plural of "penny" as a currency unit) to a shilling, 5 shillings to a crown, and 4 crowns to a pound. So a penny is 1/240th of a pound, or 1/60th of a crown. A "crown" was a large silver coin, only slightly heavier than a US dollar, so as far as exchange value went, the penny was the equivalent of almost 2 US cents.

Britain, Australia, New Zealand and several other countries all issued coins the same size as this, but with different local designs.

Heres an Australian penny,
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/...933penny.jpg