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Pennies
/ ˈpɛn i /

N, pl pennies or pence (pɛns) pl pennies 1. (Currencies) Also called (formerly): new penny (in Britain) a bronze coin having a value equal to one hundredth of a pound. Lincoln Memorial Pennies are dated 1959 to 2008 and have a portrait of Lincoln on one side of the Lincoln Memorial building on the other. They were made of 95% copper until 1982. During 1982 the composition was changed to 97.5% zinc, with a thin copper plating, so that you have pennies dated 1982 made of both metal types.

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Pennies On The Dollar

  • One customer retooled a Nintendo Wii with its innards switched out for glued pennies.

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  • His inheritance, which ran to millions of Deutschmarks, was worth only pennies after the raging post-war inflation.

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  • Private companies want to pay their workers pennies an hour?

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  • I remember her showing me how to turn a bleach bottle into a piggy bank for saving pennies.

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  • But it makes money by taking a few pennies out of every dollar transaction.

    Meet the Servicey New Dow Daniel Gross September 10, 2013 DAILY BEAST

  • And he didn't forget about old Black-eyed Susan's great jump, nor the gold pennies, either.

  • And from his sack he drew forth another great handful of gold pennies.

  • And he reached his hand inside the sack on his back, and pulled out a fistful of bright gold pennies—oh, such a lot of them!

  • Of course I knew what he was after; he wanted my pennies; so I just ambled off, and very soon outdistanced him.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 Various

  • Do not keep unfortunate little children's feet dangling all through their school years to save a few pennies on school furniture.