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Jun 12 2007

Pennies: The Beginning of Official American Coinage

There have many different pennies over the years, since the term implies a one-cent piece.  But American pennies are the most popular among collectors today, and that is what we will be focusing on here.  This one-cent coin was the first authorized form of currency in the U.S., and its name was derived from the [...]

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