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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4832381, member: 66&quot;]Well the colloquial term for the cent did not come from the British, it was based on the New York Money of Account.&nbsp; New York was the financial center of the country and its money of account was well known everywhere.&nbsp; The New York penny was the only unit that came close to the value of the US Cent (and had been in usage longer)&nbsp; The New York penny was valued at 90 cents to the Spanish Milled Dollar and the cent was 100 to the dollar.&nbsp; (Now name for the New York penny may have been based on the British unit but with the difference in value even that is questionable.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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