This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[AS.] An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, worth one-twelfth of a shilling. In the New Testament a silver coin of the value of about 71/2d. In the United States the name penny is often given to the cent, a coin of half the value.
 
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