Pennies... Charles II-

I've been looking into these actually I would like one I know they are only a jeton but they are cool and I do collect the Anglo-Hannover coinage !

 

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Bet you aint got one of these in your collection.

 

Haha nope I do not !

 

My 1953 penny came today so that's pre-decimal Elizabeth wrapped up, gunna be another couple of weeks for my George '49 issue to come and the modified head KGV then that's those and Edward done too.. So now it'll just be the expensive ones

 

"What is the derivation of the word "penny"?

 

From Wikipedia:
"Old English versions of the word penny are penig, pening, penning and pending; the word appears in German as Pfennig, in Dutch and Swedish (often shortened to peng) as penning, and in West Frisian as peinje or penje. In Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, the most common words for money are pengar, penger and penge respectively. These words are thought by some to have common roots with the English word "pawn", German Pfand, and Dutch pand, words which mean "a pledge or token"."

 

So is the Afrikaner "pond" the same as the Dutch "pand"?

 

Strange how Americans still refer to the one cent coin as a "penny" even though it's been over two hundred years since a Georgian penny or token has circulated in the US.

 

I think that is derived from the English Pound instead, and which at the time was 240 Pennies. Pound (currency) itself is derived directly from Pound (weight) as originally (17th Century) it was One Pound of Silver. Incidentally also leads to lira and many similar words as the Latin derived languages used Livra or similar for a Pound (weight).

 

Because of the mongrel language we speak this is how all the worlds values are almost the same ha !

I also think its weird that they still refer to em as a penny rather odd but I guess old habits die young !

 

I got my 1827 penny today, most scarce penny I have so far I reckon! It's not going in my penny collection though its going with australia in my empire collection, same as the 1950 & 51 ones will !