I like pennies do you

I bet 99% of the country calls them pennies... big deal, even the U.S. Mint refers to them as pennies at times. Only coin snobs make a big deal about calling it a cent

But to answer the OP question, never used twitter myself and have never even heard of someone trying to sell coins on twitter. Seems like there are other easier places to sell like the open forum or eBay.

 

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"a cent for your thoughts" just doesn't have the right ring to it!!

 

Ever try going out to by a "Penny" folder to hold your Cents? Or a half Penny folder? Or a two or three Penny folder? Or a Twenty Penny folder? Check out what is available and see how many you find. You can find folders for Nickels, Dimes, Halves another other common terms. But none that say Penny on them. (Unless they hold English coins.) So if 99% use that term, who doesn't? I bet you would find they are Coin collectors.

 

I'd bet you'd be wrong. I'd even bet that 99% of the entire country, not just coin collectors, uses the term penny instead of cent. Believe me, with my company name, I hear it often enough, and (I mean this in a friendly way) it seems it's usually only a few picky-oony coin collectors who are the ones who feel the need to correct the rest of us.

"Penny" has become a common term, whether technically accurate or not, and it's not going anywhere, no matter how many times this discussion comes up. Kids learn it from their parents, who learned it from their parents, and I'm sure they all weren't coin collectors. I don't think I've ever heard someone say, "hey I just found a cent on the ground" or "I found nickels, dimes, and cents in change."

So the minority of you who need to be technically accurate, I think you're just going to have to get used to hearing the sound of fingernails on chalk boards or whatever other irksome painful twinge that comes to your mind when you hear others say "penny."

 

Here we go again!

 

"a cent saved is a cent earned..." nah!! I'm sticking with penny

 

Only if they are from the year 1888. :hammer: Traci

 

He just got his coins a little mixed up! You never heard of the double deuce? It's two two cent pieces fused together. Or how about the trime'n'a-cent? Those had more problems...as we all know that copper and silver don't stick together for more than four or five years!

 

Ok..so to join the "no riff raff allowed" club, let's see...don't mention "cleaning", instead say "conservation"...."cents" not pennies. Next..hmmm.
Nose high in the air, hire an illegal alien, then...check my portfolio!! Got it!!
I sure do love these high society learning hobbies!

 

Here is a penny I kinda like from colonial New York City. Ripley hya:
1790 VOC

 

Can you check your change for loose cents? Maybe some of those nickels fell apart? Unless making a distinction between British penny and American cents--can't see that it makes a difference--certainly not to me! I grew up with pennies, not cents. But then that was in the early 50s. That's why we have adjectives: British penny or American penny!

 

Classic debate!

IMO, the numismatically correct term is cent, i.e. Lincoln cent, Indian cent, etc. Penny is a non-specific term and implies all one cent demonination coins. Also, IMHO, using the term "Lincoln Penny" sounds like something a 3rd grader would say. If you want to sound like a numismatist, you would say "Lincoln cent".

Having said that, I find the term penny perfectly acceptable. Try walking into a bank and asking for a "box of cents", you get a blank stare.....I know, I've done it. LOL They come back with..."oh, you mean a box of pennies". HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Is it that offensive to numismatists? In a general forum like this I would think that "penny" would be acceptable and a general term used in the public like this wouldn't need to be pointed out. Do we really need to be educated that we are "3rd graders" by using the term? Seems very intolerate! Nice to know, but of no value to me. I don't want to come across as something I'm not. I'm not an aspiring numismatist.

 

I also like CENTS