I like pennies do you

I've got a rather large collection of cents just can't get enough of them EDITED There are 3 NCG graded cents 1959 and 1959 D and 1999 S and a couple not graded and slabed 1909 VDB that are pretty nice EF at leased or better, just let me know what you think. Also I'm thinking about selling on twitter does anyone know about selling on twitter? if so let me know. Oh I've got a very nice NCG 1999 S PF Nickel on there too!
Thanks itsallngoodtime
Living the life in Florida Bob:smile

 

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If you want to be considered reasonably savvy about US coins, don't call it a "penny".
Call it a "cent" (just look at the back of the coin).

It's a common error.
I make the same mistake when I'm talking but not in writing.
I try to catch myself but old habits are hard to break.

Falls in the same category as Double Die.
The correct term is Doubled Die.

 

What about the five cent piece everybody calls "nickels"?

 

LOL - for some reason it just does not count. Then again it does refer to part of the composition and you will hear me refer to coppers and baby coppers.

Plus if you are selling these items this post should be in the open or auction listing forums.

 

I love pennies...

 

Again it's a common term but this time I suspect it's US in origin.
Probably arose sometime shortly after the Shield 5-cent issue started.
And notice we refer to it as "5 cents", not "5 pennies".

The "penny" is a British denomination and is probably a holdover from the colonial days when there were no US coins.

Most of the other current US coins have alternative names:
a dime = 10 cents (not 10 pennies)
a quarter = 25 cents (not 25 pennies)
a half (dollar) = 50 cents (not 50 pennies)

 

ME TOO! I can't recall anyone ever calling me "The Cent Lady"!

 

In your case, I consider it poetic license.

 

THe dime, quarter, and half dollar all have their names on the coin. But in all fairness, whatever you call our one cent denomination, we all know what you are referring to. There are also a great deal of people that call Ike dollars "'silver dollars." Even though the ones containing silver never circulated...must be referring to the color I guess!:smile

 

I love these terminlogy discussions, and will suggest that the coin called a penny has a value of one cent. There got both words in a single sentence. I see it as a minor issue without a right or a wrong. :headbang: One is a coin name and another is a coin value. What's the harm?

Let's look at the coin labeled as a Dime. That doesn't tell me it's value. So is it a dime?, or maybe a tenth dollar?, or to be consistent maybe we should call it a 10 cent piece? And why isn't it's value on the coin? Every other current US coin has it's value on the piece?

Still not changing my screen name

 

And yet when a person uses the term "double die" they are often corrected without all the extra discussion.
Yet we all know what is being referred to.

Yes, I know what a poster means by the term "penny".
I just pointed out that the correct term is "cent".

 

ME NEITHER! Penny Guy and Penny Lady are proud to be Penny People!

 

Count me in.

 

You must make sure your lingo is correct.
quarter = must be acknowledged as one twenty fifth of one dollar
dime..properly referred to as ten cent piece
nickel, well...a five cent piece of course.

Other terms to remember.

coin collecting can only refer to "numismatic metalogic formation gathering".

roll searching means only "tubular discovery"

proof, of course, can only be associated with "whodunit"

coin cleaning, finally, can only mean "tubular metalic conservation" (or if harshly cleaned, "mineral abuse through corrosive chemical processes that result in a permanent non-numismatic altered state of a compound, alloy
or element, which can be detected 5000 years from now, but can be very shiny, however now worth less than pig dung which was chemically altered to represent gold bullion")

Please follow the proper numismatic vernacular when discussing this hobby (I mean anoraktic, or otaku-like, persuit of precious metal assessment)

 

So should they go around and change all the coin holders at stores that say need a penny take one and so on? I've never had anyone ask me if I've got an extra cent!!
Does it really matter? after all thats what I've called them all my life.

 

I can tell you that if you don't use the correct jargon, you may not get an answer to a particular question because you didn't ask it correctly. Seems silly but true.

 

for me, it's an american cent and a canadian penny

 

Tom,
I take it math was not your strongest subject. :hammer:

 

Me, I like pennies. Can't get enough of them.
Yes I called them pennies, I am not going to start calling them cents any time soon.

When my granddad saves me a bunch of pennies, he doesn't call me up and say "Travis I saved you some cents" he says "Travis I saved you some pennies"
I say penny, and that is the term I use for it, even though it may say ONE CENT on the coin.

I think it is all about how it sounds, and what you are more comfortable saying.

I wouldn't say "Look at those large pennies!" I would say "Look at those large cents!"

I wouldn't say "Look at all those cents" I would say "Look at all those pennies"

JMO, it all has to do with how it sounds when you say it, and how others will understand it.

 

Tom,
I take it math was not your strongest subject


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