
Penny (United States coin)
The penny, officially 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.... Wikipedia
- Value: 0.01 U.S. Dollar
- Diameter: 19.05 mm (0.75 in)
- Thickness: 1.52 mm (0.0598 in)
- Edge: Plain
- Composition: (1982–present) copper-plated zinc, 97.5% Zn, 2.5% Cu
- Years of minting: 1793–1814, 1816–present
- Design: Abraham Lincoln
- Designer: Victor D. Brenner
- Design date: 1909 (modified since)
- Design: Union Shield
- Designer: Lyndall Bass
- Design date: 2010–present
- Data source: DuckDuckGo