CENT vs PENNY.. What is the correct term?

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  1. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

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  3. Pere

    Pere Active Member

    I do. I accept all these terms, for what they are, and deride none.

    Yes. The present US colloquial "penny" is strictly a one-cent (piece), the "nickel" a five-cent (piece).

    "Coppers" has indeed been another nickname for (more-or-less) copper cents. Rather uncommon in these latter days, but I think most people would still get it.

    Speaking of present US coinage, they are the one-dime, quarter-dollar, half-dollar, and one-dollar (pieces).

    Helpfully, these appear on the coins themselves. :)
     
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  4. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Well, this (penny/cent) argument is the most trivial and time wasting problem in the world.
     
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  5. bdunnse

    bdunnse Who dat?

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=penny&allowed_in_frame=0

     
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  6. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Well-Known Member

    Yet you have made 23 postings about the problem ?
     
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  7. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Why not? In another forum (not coin related) there is a topic called "What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?" More than 2,500 posts in the past ~5 years. :smuggrin:

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  8. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Did I argue the question?
     
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  9. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Did anyone or does anyone ever stick cents into their penny loafers? I did when I was younger.. Man I should of started another thread with this question!
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  10. rlm's cents

    rlm's cents Numismatist

    You can't call them PENNY loafers. They have to be CENT loafers!!! :banghead::eek::oops::banghead:
     
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  11. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    how about if Penny is wearing the loafers?
     
    Kasia, Mar 5, 2015
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  12. jallengomez

    jallengomez Cessna 152 Jockey

    I always make sure that I act very petulant anytime someone calls a US cent a penny. As a matter of fact, I just took the telescope out into the back yard to ponder the cosmos, but it was all ruined by the fact that people here seem to be fine with calling them "pennies." Horror.
     
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    davidh soloist gnomic

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  14. Wheatmaster101

    Wheatmaster101 U.S. Cent Collector

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  15. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    You have your opinion that THIS IS POINTLESS.. That's the POINT! To make a POINT! :wacky:
     
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  16. LaneyTex1

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    what about PENCE?
     
    LaneyTex1, Mar 7, 2015
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  17. longnine009

    longnine009 Darwin has to eat too. Supporter

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  18. LaneyTex1

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  19. whopper64

    whopper64 Well-Known Member

    Wrapped cents/pennies from US Mint are called "pennies". e-Bay lists them as pennies or cents. When you are talking about change, do you say I have a couple of pennies or do you say I have a couple of cents? Cent is based on 1/100 of a dollar, so is the British penny based on 1/100th decimal system. So for you purists who insist on cent, not penny, continue to do so, but leave the rest of us in peace when we say either one. Can the US Mint be wrong?
     
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  20. masterswimmer

    masterswimmer A Caretaker, can't take it with me

    Necro thread!
     
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  21. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    I like it. I still had hair when this thread was going.
     
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