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Show i "Tcnay" It UnofScial i The ie.-m "penny" has been la general gen-eral u.-e in this country since ihe KerVlutlonary war, but it has never bet ii the ollicial designation of any c(i:t minted In the United States. It Is find has been a recognized coin of Croat Britain and the coinage of England Eng-land was used in this country for a number f yc:vs after the Involution, aud the use of lite term became an established es-tablished custom at that time and tho name became applied to tho cent ps It was about the same value. The first cents uclually minted under the Constitution Con-stitution appeared in 170.1. |