Talk:Cent (currency)
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Should it be mentioned that the common use in the U.S. and Canada of the term "penny" to refer to the one-cent pieces is inaccurate, the penny only existing in Britain and Ireland (now or formerly)? --Daniel C. Boyer 19:10, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- The penny doesn't exist in Ireland anymore (on February 28th 2002 the last of the pennies were taken out of circulation and are now replaced by euro cents) however in the US and Canada they have nicknames for all their coins e.g. dime, quater and a "penny" is 1 cent. --Neal ricketts 22:31, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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Cent sign
What it says here isn't correct. While "c" may be used to represent "cent", it is not a cent sign per se. Shall I be bold and revise this section? Evertype 20:21, 2004 Dec 31 (UTC)
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"Pennies"
- (In the UK and pre-euro Ireland, the name of the 1p coin is also penny, pl. pence.)
But the plural of the coin is "pennies" ("I saw two pennies on the ground")-- "pence" is the plural of the monetary amount ("it costs fifty pence"). 66.92.237.111 20:36, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
