Help With A Couple 1996 Pennies From A Roll

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jakeW Pillar of the Community United States 689 Posts	Posted 03/06/2010 5:30 pm While roll searching pennies today I came across two 1996 pennies I think are Canadian but I've never seen this reverse. My camera wont take good pics, sorry. the obverse has Elizabeth II on it like usual but the reverse just says one penny and has a crowned gate with what looks like shackles hanging on either side? can anyone tell if its just a regular coin or something different? * Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Titles are important! * Identified - moved to British coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

D Pillar of the Community Canada 899 Posts	Posted 03/06/2010 5:38 pm Circulated coins have the word Canada on them.. If there is no "Canada" on the reverse then without seeing a picture I would assume it is from some other country.. Report this Post to the Staff
Uhhhh Valued Member United States 117 Posts	Posted 03/06/2010 6:30 pm That sounds like an English penny. Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 03/06/2010 9:54 pm Interesting - people do get so used to the slang term (penny) they already expect the mint to follow the suit! Report this Post to the Staff
jakeW Pillar of the Community United States 689 Posts	Posted 03/07/2010 12:43 am uhhhh has the right one. thanx very much Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 03/07/2010 12:50 am Quote: ...a crowned gate with what looks like shackles hanging on either side? The crowned portcullis (a "portcullis" is the spiked gate at the entrance to a castle, raised and lowered with chains) was the mediaeval badge or symbol for the Palace of Westminster, and since the English/British Parliament currently meets in that building, it has become the symbol of Parliament. Click here where you can see the portcullis used on a British government website, and you can even download a 9-page pdf factsheet on the history of the portcullis symbol, if you like. And don't get me started on the whole penny/cent thing again. Just refer to my rantings here in this thread. It should be added that jakeW's coin is a decimal penny, worth 1/100th of a pound, not a predecimal penny worth 1/240th of a pound like the one in that earlier thread. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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