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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 8183584, member: 66"]Go to the actual source.  The law says it's a cent.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> 31 U.S. Code § 5112 - Denominations, specifications, and design of coins (a)The Secretary of the Treasury may mint and issue only the following coins: (6) except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, a one-cent coin that is 0.75 inch in diameter and weighs 3.11 grams. (c) The Secretary may prescribe the weight and the composition of copper and zinc in the alloy of the one-cent coin that the Secretary decides are appropriate when the Secretary decides that a different weight and alloy of copper and zinc are necessary to ensure an adequate supply of one-cent coins to meet the needs of the United <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=31-USC-80204913-1867939968&term_occur=999&term_src=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=31-USC-80204913-1867939968&term_occur=999&term_src=" rel="nofollow">States</a>. [/QUOTE]