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Steel wheat penny at Central Jersey Rare Coins Blog. View high resolution

Steel wheat penny at Central Jersey Rare Coins Blog.

Cut Half-Penny and Farthing at UK Detector Finds Database. View high resolution

Cut Half-Penny and Farthing at UK Detector Finds Database.

Penny

The penny until the reign of Edward I was struck with a cross so deeply inscribed that it might easily be parted into 2 for half-pence and 4 for farthings, and hence the name.

Harper’s Book of Facts, 1905.

Pennies vs. Ounces

Nine pennies weigh one ounce.

How To by Peter Passell, 1976.

Penny vs. Cent

Officially, there is no such coin; to the United States goverment and its mints, it’s legally a “cent.”

The Dictionary of Misinformation by Tom Burnam, 1975.