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In Canada, a penny (minted 1858–2012) is an out-of-production coin worth one cent, or 1 ⁄ 100 of a dollar. According to the Royal Canadian Mint , the official term for the coin is the one-cent piece , but in practice the terms penny and cent predominate.
The Indian Head cent, also known as an Indian Head penny, was a one-cent coin ($0.01) produced by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1859 to 1909. It was designed by James Barton Longacre, the Chief Engraver at the Philadelphia Mint. From 1793 to 1857, the cent was a copper coin about the size of a half dollar.
Circulating coins are worth $408,000 to $409,000 in average condition and upwards of $1.1 million for uncirculated condition. 3. 1793 Strawberry Leaf Cent — $862,500
The series saw the entire issuance of the double florin (1887–1890) and, in 1888, the last issue for circulation of the groat, or fourpence piece, although it was intended for use in British Guiana. No bronze coins (the penny and its fractions) were struck with the Jubilee design.
The pre-1860 copper penny was demonetised after 1869 in Britain (though accepted at full face value by the Mint until 1873) and in 1877 for the colonies [40] —roughly a quarter of the copper coinage struck by the Royal Mint between 1821 and 1856 had been sent overseas, with Ceylon the leading recipient. [41]
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