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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topcat7, post: 2487682, member: 73372&quot;]The <b>English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny" rel="nofollow">Penny</a></b>, originally a coin of 1.3 to 1.5 g pure silver, was introduced around the year 785 by King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offa_of_Mercia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offa_of_Mercia" rel="nofollow">Offa of Mercia</a>. These coins were similar in size and weight to the continental <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denier_%28coin%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denier_%28coin%29" rel="nofollow">deniers</a></i> of the period, and to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" rel="nofollow">Anglo-Saxon</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceat" rel="nofollow">sceats</a> which had gone before it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Throughout the period of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" rel="nofollow">Kingdom of England</a>, from its beginnings in the 9th century, the penny was produced in silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Courtesy of Wikipedia.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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