Triple strike?

Yes, the mint's web designer lists the coin as a penny on these sets - I guess they are pandering to a subset of collectors that purchase these. The grannies call 'em pennies, after all.
But I do find it strange.

@SensibleSal66 - "Penny for your thoughts" originated in England.

 

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They're acknowledging current usage.

Only certain numismatists cling to the idea that "penny" refers solely to other countries' small coins. Americans have been referring to them as "pennies" for well over a hundred years.

And, again, where's all the outrage over "nickels"?

 

@Lon Chaney

Here is an old thread of mine from 2015
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cent-vs-penny-what-is-the-correct-term.259971/

 

Boy, my high horse was even higher in that thread.

 

Nickels are relatively newcomers, and we can't call 'em half dimes. I guess 5-cent piece is correct? But at least they're made of a nickel alloy.
Seems different to me.

 

5-penny piece.

 

Just for fun, I looked up the coinage act of 1857 authorizing the small cent - no mention of penny.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=011/llsl011.db&recNum=184

And the coinage act of 1873 (that eliminated the half-dime) calls the nickel a 5 cent piece (and the cent a one cent piece).
https://www.gold.org/sites/default/files/documents/1873feb12.pdf

So I don't know.