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7 + 1 ⁄ 2 Cents is a 1953 novel by Richard Bissell, his third book and second novel.It was a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. [1] [2] With George Abbott, Bissell adapted it into the musical The Pajama Game, which was a hit on Broadway and won the 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical.
The penny, also known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of taxation and finance).
Richard Pike Bissell (June 27, 1913 – May 4, 1977) was an American author of short stories and novels. His third book, and second novel, 7½ Cents, was adapted into the Broadway musical The Pajama Game.
1 ⁄ 2 cent 1 cent 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 cents: 1948 1983 1948: 1948 1983 1948: No: With the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2002, the 5-cent, 10-cent, 25-cent, 1-guilder, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-guilder and 5-guilder coins ceased to function as legal currencies. New Zealand: 1 and 2 cents 5 cents: 1987 2004: 30 April 1990 1 November 2006: No [3]
In 1951, Coca-Cola stopped placing "five cents" on new advertising material, and Forbes magazine reported on the "groggy" price of Coca-Cola. After Coca-Cola president Robert Woodruff's plan to mint a 7.5 cent coin failed, Business Weekly reported Coke prices as high as 6, 7, and 10 cents, around the country. By 1959, the last of the nickel ...
The reverse contains the denomination "2 CENTS" within a somewhat ornate wheat wreath. The rest of the coin is filled with the name of the country. [30] Art historian Cornelius Vermeule deemed the two-cent piece "the most Gothic and the most expressive of the Civil War" of all American coins. [33] "The shield, arrows, and wreath of the obverse ...
The Half Cent, 1793–1857 The Story of American's Greatest Little Coin by William R. Eckberg, 2019; The Half Cent Handbook – Draped Bust Varieties 1800–1808 by Ed Fuhrman, 2020. The Half Cent Handbook – Classic Head & Braided Hair Varieties by Ed Fuhrman, 2021. The Half Cent Handbook – Liberty Cap Varieties 1793–1797 by Ed Fuhrman, 2022.
A United States one-cent coin, also known as a penny. The cent is a monetary unit of many national currencies that equals a hundredth (1 ⁄ 100) of the basic monetary unit. The word derives from the Latin centum, 'hundred'. The cent sign is commonly a simple minuscule (lower case) letter c.