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  2. Penny (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. Coins of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    Trime (Three-cent silver): 3¢, 1851–1873; Half dime: 5¢, 1792–1873; Twenty-cent piece: 20¢, 1875–1878; Silver dollar: $1.00, 1878–1904, 1921-28, 1934-1935; Gold dollar: $1.00, 1849–1889 (some early commemoratives were minted in this denomination) Quarter eagle: $2.50, 1792–1929 (some early commemoratives were minted in this ...

  4. Cent (currency) - Wikipedia

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    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 (1100) 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.

  5. Bit (money) - Wikipedia

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    Banknote for "Twelve and a Half Cents" = $ 1 ⁄ 8, Alabama, 1838. In the US, the bit is equal to 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 ¢, a designation which dates from the colonial period, when the most common unit of currency used was the Spanish dollar, also known as "piece of eight", which was worth 8 Spanish silver reales. $ 1 ⁄ 8 or 1 silver real was 1 "bit ...

  6. Would You Rather Have a Penny Doubled Every Day for a Month ...

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    How Much Is 1 Penny a Day Doubled for 20 Days? Hold out for 20 days, though, and you’ll see your money continuing to grow in tangible ways. On Day 20, when a penny doubles for 30 days, you’ll ...

  7. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the Spanish milled dollar, the Continental Congress and the Coinage Act prescribed a decimal system of units to go with the unit dollar, as follows: [15] [16] the mill, or one-thousandth of a dollar; the cent, or one-hundredth of a dollar; the dime, or one-tenth of a dollar; and the eagle, or ten dollars. The current relevance of these ...

  8. History of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    This created a new U.S. dollar that was backed by 1.50 grams (23.22 grains) of gold. However, the previous dollar had been represented by 1.60 g (24.75 grains) of gold. The result of this revaluation, which was the first devaluation of the U.S. dollar, was that the value in gold of the dollar was reduced by 6%.

  9. Mill (currency) - Wikipedia

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    Today, most Americans would refer to fractions of a cent rather than mills, a term that is widely unknown. For example, a gasoline price of $3.019 per gallon, if pronounced in full, would be "three dollars [and] one and nine-tenths cents" or "three <point> zero-one-nine dollars".