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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 9060, member: 39&quot;]The cent refers to Latin &quot;centum&quot; = 100, or rather &quot;centesimus&quot; = (one) hundredth. Don&#039;t know about the origin of &quot;penny&quot; but the word came up in the 7th or 8th century, I think. It was used for the (originally Roman) coin called denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Because they don&#039;t look like copper? ;-)&nbsp; Maybe there was more nickel (or nickel only?) in those coins in earlier years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Latin &quot;decem&quot; = ten, &quot;decimus&quot; = (one) tenth</p><p><br /></p><p>Refers to a place called Joachimsthal (today Jachymov, Czech Republic). The big silver coins from Joachimsthal became quite popular and widespread in Europe; that type of coin was called &quot;Joachimsthaler&quot;, then simply &quot;Thaler&quot;. Or &quot;dollar&quot; in English ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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