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  2. 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 (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.

  3. 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).

  4. Mill (currency) - Wikipedia

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    The coinage included denominations of 2 mils, 3 mils, and 5 mils from 1972 to 1994, with 10 mils being equal to one cent. While prices could still be marked using mils until 2008, when the country switched to the euro, in practice these were rounded off for accounting purposes.

  5. One-cent coin - Wikipedia

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    A one-cent coin or one-cent piece is a small-value coin minted for various decimal currencies using the cent as their hundredth subdivision. Examples include: the United States one-cent coin, better known as the US penny; the Canadian one-cent piece, better known as the Canadian penny; the Australian one-cent coin; the New Zealand one-cent coin

  6. Penny - Wikipedia

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    The United States' cent, popularly known as the "penny" since the early 19th century, [6] began with the unpopular copper chain cent in 1793. [23] Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to appear on a U.S. coin when he was portrayed on the one-cent coin to commemorate his 100th birthday. [24]

  7. The Penny Debate: Does Making Cents Make No Sense? - AOL

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    Australia removed both its one-cent and two-cent coins from circulation in 1992. South Africa stopped the minting and distribution of one-cent and two-cent coins in March 2002.

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

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    How Much is 1 Cent a Day Doubled for 31 Days? If you can hold off for one more day without cashing in on that $5.3 million+, you’ll wake up on Day 31 with a very nice surprise and a growing net ...

  9. Cent (music) - Wikipedia

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    An octave—two notes that have a frequency ratio of 2:1—spans twelve semitones and therefore 1200 cents. The ratio of frequencies one cent apart is precisely equal to 2 1 ⁄ 1200 = 1200 √ 2, the 1200th root of 2, which is approximately 1.000 577 7895. Thus, raising a frequency by one cent corresponds to multiplying the original frequency ...