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  2. Penny (English coin) - Wikipedia

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    The English penny (plural "pence"), originally a coin of 1.3 to 1.5 grams (0.042 to 0.048 troy ounces; 0.046 to 0.053 ounces) pure silver, was introduced c. 785 by King Offa of Mercia. These coins were similar in size and weight to the continental deniers of the period and to the Anglo-Saxon sceats which had preceded it.

  3. English Penny - Wikipedia

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  4. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    The weight of the English penny was fixed at 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 troy grains (about 1.46 grams) by Offa of Mercia, an 8th-century contemporary of Charlemagne; 240 pennies weighed 5,400 grains or a tower pound (different from the troy pound of 5,760 grains). The silver penny was the only coin minted for 500 years, from c. 780 to 1280.

  5. Penny - Wikipedia

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    Penny is first attested in a 1394 Scots text, [n 1] a variant of Old English peni, a development of numerous variations including pennig, penning, and pending. [n 2] The etymology of the term "penny" is uncertain, although cognates are common across almost all Germanic languages [n 3] and suggest a base *pan-, *pann-, or *pand-with the individualizing suffix -ing.

  6. Category:History of the English penny - Wikipedia

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    History of the English penny (1066–1154) History of the English penny (1154–1485) History of the English penny (1485–1603) History of the English penny (1603–1707) History of the English penny (c. 600 – 1066)

  7. Penny (British decimal coin) - Wikipedia

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    The British decimal one penny (1p) coin is a unit of currency and denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 100 of one pound. Its obverse featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the day British currency was decimalised , until her death on 8 September 2022 .

  8. History of the English penny (1485–1603) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the English penny from 1485 to 1603 covers the period of the House of Tudor up to the death of Elizabeth I without an heir. The Tudor era saw the debasement of the penny under Henry VIII and Edward VI, with Elizabeth I's reign overseeing the recovery of the silver quality. Under the Tudors, the penny decreased in size.

  9. History of the English penny (1154–1485) - Wikipedia

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    Penny of Henry II with "cross-and-crosslets" design on the obverse.Henry II ascended the throne in 1154 as the first of the Plantagenet dynasty. [3] For the first few years of his reign the coins of Stephen continued to be produced, but in order to restore public confidence in the currency a new standard was introduced: the Tealby penny, so named after a hoard of such coins was found at Tealby ...