I remember reading somewhere that in 2009, the US mint is thinking about changing the penny. But I cant seem to find the article about it anywhere! What have y'all heard?
Here is the latest news: U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar is a co-sponsor of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 1-Cent Coin Redesign Act that would redesign the reverse (tails) side of the penny in 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and his family moved to Indiana in 1816, living near Little Pigeon Creek, in Perry (now Spencer) County until 1830. The reverse side of the coin would bear four different designs, each representing a different aspect of Lincoln’s life, including his formative years in Indiana. The Lincoln penny was introduced in 1909 on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, making the obverse (heads) side design the most enduring on the nation’s coinage.
Nope...I haven't heard a thing...I'm not a cent collector that much so I might not be one of the first to hear anyway.... Now I don't care anything about this but some collectors only want you to call them Cents and call cents from Canada and GB pennys Speedy
Thanks Ed Zak. And Speedy, does it really matter? lol, thats like saying you have to call the US the United States instead of just the US.
It would be funny to see the look on someones face next time they asked for a penny and you threw them an actual one from GB or Australia. If they say anything tell them to read the coin. Then give them a Lincoln and ask them to show you where it says "penny". You never know. Such a simple act could spark someone into looking at coins a little closer and maybe pass on that collecting "bug".
The UK doesn't use the penny. Hasn't since the 1960s. At that time coin of the realm switched from pounds, shillings, and pennies to pounds and pence. Although technically incorrect, some people today even shorten pence to "pee." The Labour government did it in the Queen's Speech to open Parliament a few years ago. Upset many editorialists in the process.
???? I though "pence" was plural for more than one penny. As far as I know there is still a British penny. Didn't the first new one thingie coins say "one new pence" on them???
Nope, not in the modern sense, although a lot of people use it that way. "Pence" is like "deer." It is its own plural. Not by what I saw in an alley after an evening in a pub in a rural village in East Anglia. I didn't participate mind you, I just saw it.
Hmmmmm. It is not that I don’t believe you, but I was driving myself crazy over this, so I checked out the web, and I found a picture of a 1971 “new penny”. The “new” was dropped a few years later.
You are correct, of course. It's one of those situations that I can't get a good explanation for. When the UK went decimal, all the coins values below a pound were denominated "new penny," etc. (Although the designs - but not sizes - are still the same, the "new" has been removed, and the coins with "new" on them are demonetized, except 1p and 2p pieces.) And using what's on coins, one would think that pence is a plural of penny. However, when I hear it referred to in official documents and speeches (etc.), I hear it called "pence," even in the singular. I.e. "we'll raise taxes one pence for every hundred pounds." I spent some time perusing British websites trying to get an answer, but no luck (as Calvin would say). Perhaps one of our British members could help me out. And if I'm wrong, I'm perfectly willing to admit it (or my wife will tell me).
If someone said "one pence" to me I am not sure I would havw thought twice about it. I did learn my lesson with "quid" - sland for pound. It is ALWAYS quid, even if you have several of them. One quid, two quid, three quid.
