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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spud Koolzip, post: 2092944, member: 73653&quot;]You are extremely wrong. At the time the U.S monetary system was set up, during the 1790s, 100 &#039;pennies&#039; did NOT equal one British pound. Twelve &#039;pence&#039; (the correct plural of &#039;penny&#039;) equaled one shilling, and twenty shillings equaled one pound. This pence/shilling/pound system persisted until 1971 when Britain went decimal, and 100 &#039;new pence&#039; (later simplified to &#039;pence&#039;) equaled one pound. The word &#039;pennies&#039; is correct only when referring to more than one one-penny coin.</p><p>BTW, the U.S. has never issued a &#039;penny.&#039; The one-cent coin is called a (surprise!) cent. This should be especially critical to numismatists, or the those who pretend to be. Widespread popular ignorance does not make &#039;penny&#039; correct.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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