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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.
The penny, formally 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).
In base metal: 1/2 cent, 1 cent, 5 cents. In silver: half dime, dime, quarter dollar, half dollar, silver dollar. In gold: gold $1, $2.50 quarter eagle, $5 half eagle, $10 eagle, $20 double eagle. Less common denominations: bronze 2 cents, nickel 3 cents, silver 3 cents, silver 20 cents, gold $3.
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 ...
The term "quarter dollar" refers to a quarter-unit of several currencies that are named "dollar". One dollar ( $1 ) is normally divided into subsidiary currency of 100 cents , so a quarter dollar is equal to 25 cents.
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The United States large cent was a coin with a face value of 1/100 of a United States dollar. Its nominal diameter was 1 1 ⁄ 8 inch (28.57 mm). The first official mintage of the large cent was in 1793, and its production continued until 1857, when it was officially replaced by the modern-size one-cent coin (commonly called the penny ).
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