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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3757460, member: 27832&quot;]The <i>legislative</i> term is cent. So, if you&#039;re in the mood to pick nits (and whatever would a <i>nit-picker</i> be doing on a <i>coin collecting</i> forum?), you could argue that &quot;cent&quot; is &quot;correct&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, you could argue that <b>common usage <i>determines </i>correct usage</b>. In other words, if &quot;penny&quot; is much more common than &quot;cent&quot; in a given context, then <b>&quot;penny&quot; is correct</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to argue that people (including the ones who <i>produce</i> the doggone things) are wrong to use <b>the most common terminology</b> -- well, you&#039;ve clearly come to the right place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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