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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bill in Burl, post: 2427863, member: 23692&quot;]Both Canada and the US have &quot;cents&quot;, because they are officially 1/100 of a dollar.&nbsp; The Brits had pennies because theirs was based on the pound.&nbsp; The terms got interchanged/intermingled over 150 years ago (about when large cents became small cents).&nbsp; In Canada, the official term is &quot;cents&quot; and traditionalists are revolted by the term &quot;penny&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Canadian pre-confederation tokens were essentially the same size (both pennies and half pennies) as the Brits, so they all say &quot;penny&quot; on them.&nbsp; Once the Royal Mint in London started minting Canadian coinage in 1858, the term &quot;cent&quot; came into being for Canucks in the interest of US cross-border transactions and their coinage was based on the &quot;dollar&quot;.&nbsp; At that time, Canada was merely a Province of Britain .. in 1867, Canada became its own country, but London continued striking their coins until 1908..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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