December 12, 2007: 100 Miillion pennies at Rockefeller Center NYC

AndyDan · 12-12-2007, 02:06 PM

[QUOTE But some coin people say the word "penny" is not appropriate for the US Cent, and that the only true "penny" is the British penny. One piece of evidence: the plural of these things is "cents", not "pence" as the Brits say.[/quote]

Your own title calls them "pennies", which is the correct plural of penny. The penny is the coin; a cent is how much it's worth.

The American Heritage Dictionary agrees:
In the United States and Canada, the coin that is worth one cent.

12-12-2007, 02:06 PM	#4
AndyDan Soli Deo Gloria! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7	[QUOTE But some coin people say the word "penny" is not appropriate for the US Cent, and that the only true "penny" is the British penny. One piece of evidence: the plural of these things is "cents", not "pence" as the Brits say.[/quote] Your own title calls them "pennies", which is the correct plural of penny. The penny is the coin; a cent is how much it's worth. The American Heritage Dictionary agrees: In the United States and Canada, the coin that is worth one cent. __________________ The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

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