From the German: "Fennig" The smallest of German coins...at least that's what I was told by a coin collector.
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A penny is a British coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling, about 1.5 U.S. cents as of 05/2016.Because of historic ties to England, the lowest-denomination coin used in the US is called a penny in common usage, but the formal name is cent. The US Mint has never made a coin officially called a penny.Canada used 1-cent coins until 2012; they were also commonly called pennies.
A US "penny" is actually a 1 cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. A British penny (the coin's official name) is worth 1/100 of a pound sterling.
A cent is a coin that is 1/100 of a dollar. Here are some sentences.I don't have a cent in my pocket at the moment.People call a penny a cent.One cent is worth one one-hundredth of a dollar.
It's just a penny that was made in Philadelphia, just spent it.
In the United States, the cent denominations include the penny (1 cent), nickel (5 cents), dime (10 cents), quarter (25 cents), half dollar (50 cents), and dollar coin (100 cents). The penny is the smallest unit, while the quarter is the most commonly used coin after the penny. Each coin has its own distinct design and historical significance.
We have never heard of a 10 cent coin called a penny, but at one time there were 1 cent coins called nickels. This happened because the 1 cent coins were made as thick as a nickel.
No US coin with the denomination of 1/10th of a cent has ever been made.
A penny is a British coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling, about 1.5 U.S. cents as of 05/2016.Because of historic ties to England, the lowest-denomination coin used in the US is called a penny in common usage, but the formal name is cent. The US Mint has never made a coin officially called a penny.Canada used 1-cent coins until 2012; they were also commonly called pennies.
1 cent!
Kennedy is on the US half dollar (50 cent) coin and Lincoln is on the penny (1 cent) coin.
A US "penny" is actually a 1 cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. A British penny (the coin's official name) is worth 1/100 of a pound sterling.
It is a common coin and only worth 1 cent.
3¢ U.S. FWIW, the coin is just a 2-cent piece. A penny is worth 1¢ so a "2-cent 1-cent" coin would be pretty odd.
According to the United States Mint, the one-cent coin (penny) has a diameter of 19.05mm and a thickness of 1.5mm.
In Canada we have the loonie which is worth 1 dollar and is a coin. But the penny, which is worth 1 cent, was just taken out of circulation.
If it's a US 1 cent coin it's zinc not copper and value is 1 cent
Such a coin does not exist. The Australian 1 cent coin was first issued in 1966. The Australian One Penny coin was issued from 1911 to 1964 inclusive.