The history of the penny

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  • Опубліковано 11 кві 2015
  • Nancy Giles dives into the history of our smallest-denomination coin, and hears voices for and against dumping the penny.

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  • @thekweenofbling3621
    @thekweenofbling3621 5 років тому +15

    I'm very jealous, I'm a collector of all currency all over the world. I started collecting with my grandmother, when she died, I just kept going.

  • @kathryncarter6143
    @kathryncarter6143 4 роки тому +10

    Forgot to add, "a penny saved is a penny earned"

  • @petenrita
    @petenrita 2 роки тому +7

    I am shocked He allowed her to pick it up over a stone table. INSANE!! One drop, Value drops many thousands. Also, there are not pennies, but cents.

  • @-oiiio-3993
    @-oiiio-3993 4 роки тому +6

    They aren't "pennies", they are cents. Pennies were British until they decimalized in 1970.

  • @hollyroom4503
    @hollyroom4503 3 роки тому +5

    What really drives me nuts about this video is it isn't a penny it is a cent. The British mints pennies. The US mints cents.

  • @maxshiraz3447
    @maxshiraz3447 6 років тому +3

    Australia stopped use a one-cent coin in about 1990. No-one missed them for a second.

  • @Searchwatchlisten
    @Searchwatchlisten 2 роки тому +1

    I'm about to put some error and variety coins on eBay for auction/sale. Knowing this, I will hold onto some of them because they will be, more rare, than what they are now. Thanks for the information, love this video !!!

  • @ArthurMorgan-pq4tr
    @ArthurMorgan-pq4tr 7 років тому +5

    I like nickels. I like old pennies though. My oldest one is a 1909 indian head and I think the oldest coin I have is a 1836 coin from Mexico.

  • @joshuamoore24_7
    @joshuamoore24_7 6 років тому +3

    The obverse portrait on the flowing hair penny looks like Beetleguese.

  • @JenniferZatwarnicki1
    @JenniferZatwarnicki1 9 років тому +16

    I like pennies.

  • @kathryncarter6143
    @kathryncarter6143 4 роки тому

    I used to have one of those big pennies. It hurts to know someone stole it. It had been handed down through the family for years & now it's gone, along with all my other old coins. Used to have a pile of silver dollars too.

  • @ssspike1696
    @ssspike1696 5 років тому +3

    But if you need to give somebody 41 cents there you go

  • @lindaboyce8805
    @lindaboyce8805 9 років тому +1

    although i agree it cost more to make, but i wonder if we can chance losing more jobs in this country. also, how many business will be affected by the closing of that plant and it's suppliers? like where the employees shop? it's always a domino effect when a business closes.

  • @Mistybrooks84
    @Mistybrooks84 3 роки тому

    Thank you CBS sunday morning

  • @CurtisDensmore1
    @CurtisDensmore1 7 років тому

    Round to the nearest dime! I wouldn't mind rounding to the nearest dollar (for a transaction, not for each item).

  • @boldlaxx
    @boldlaxx 4 роки тому +1

    Here from online school work

  • @TaylorMade511
    @TaylorMade511 9 років тому +5

    Gas is already rounded up.

  • @michaelfettable
    @michaelfettable Рік тому

    The Indian head is not actually a depiction of a Native American, but rather a depiction of lady liberty wearing a native head dress.

  • @monarchist1838
    @monarchist1838 7 років тому

    Britain use to have a decimal half penny

  • @cool5451
    @cool5451 5 років тому +1

    I have a 1962 Canadian penny and I live in texas so I think that’s cool