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Cent (currency)

A cent is one-hundredth subdivision of several units of currency, including the various dollars and the euro.

In the United States and Canada, the symbol ¢ is used for the cent, thus: 50¢ means "fifty cents". In HTML, it is displayed with the code ¢. The symbol is used only with numbers less than 100. The common name for a one cent piece in the United States and Canada is penny.

See also List of numismatic topics


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