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A penny is not a cent; and this "journalist" is not very bright.

MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,054 ✭✭✭
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imageThis reporter needs a lesson in numismatics image

Firstly, the U.S. "penny" is a cent, and it bears no relation to a farthing, except that the U.S. cent is just slightly larger in weight than the old bronze farthings......so, we already have a farthing, a Lincoln farthing. image

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    newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭
    I think the Fed guy got his countries confused. image
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    MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,054 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think the Fed guy got his countries confused. image >>



    Maybe he really works for HRM QEII.image
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    shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>I think the Fed guy got his countries confused. image >>



    Maybe he really works for HRM QEII.image >>



    Maybe the news that we won the Revolution hasn't reached him yet.
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    Obscurum per obscurius
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    MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,054 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I think the Fed guy got his countries confused. image >>



    Maybe he really works for HRM QEII.image >>



    Maybe the news that we won the Revolution hasn't reached him yet. >>




    What Revolution? U.S. History only goes as far back as Haight-Asbury these days.


    Oh yeah, the 154 "pennies" per pound is also incorrect.....it's 145 plus a chunk.image
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    wybritwybrit Posts: 6,953 ✭✭✭
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    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
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    mrpotatoheaddmrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭


    << <i>This reporter needs a lesson in numismatics

    Firstly, the U.S. "penny" is a cent... >>


    I think the guy might deserve a break on that since the U.S. Mint calls them "pennies" on their website... image


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