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[[Image:Penny.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Penny]]

[[Image:Penny.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Penny]]

A '''penny''' is a type of small [[coin]], and is usually the smallest denomination of a currency. Some countries including Canada,<ref>www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/canadian-penny-discontinued_n_2615919.html</ref> Australia and Sweden have discontinued the penny coin<ref>http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-penny</ref> while the U.S. continues to mint them, at a financial loss.<ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/12/15/just-how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-penny</ref><ref>http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/2006-05-09-penny-usat_x.htm</ref>

A '''penny''' is a type of small [[coin]], and is usually the smallest denomination of a currency. Some countries including Canada,<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/canadian-penny-discontinued_n_2615919.html</ref> Australia and Sweden have discontinued the penny coin<ref>http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-penny</ref> while the U.S. continues to mint them, at a financial loss.<ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/12/15/just-how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-penny</ref><ref>http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/2006-05-09-penny-usat_x.htm</ref>

==United States==

==United States==

The penny is a coin worth one [[cent]]. It was made primarily of [[copper]] until 1982, and is now made primarily of [[zinc]]. In 1943, pennies were made of [[steel]], since copper was needed for [[World War II|the war]]. The US penny, as of 1960, features [[Abraham Lincoln]] on the obverse side, and the [[Lincoln Memorial]] on the reverse.  From 1909 to 1959, the penny featured two stalks of wheat, thus it being dubbed a 'wheat penny'.  The penny is copper-colored, and is one of the few coins that is not silver-colored.  It is also smooth along the circumference of the coin, lacking the ridges that many other coins have.

The penny is a coin worth one [[cent]]. It was made primarily of [[copper]] until 1982, and is now made primarily of [[zinc]]. In 1943, pennies were made of [[steel]], since copper was needed for [[World War II|the war]]. The US penny, as of 1960, features [[Abraham Lincoln]] on the obverse side, and the [[Lincoln Memorial]] on the reverse.  From 1909 to 1959, the penny featured two stalks of wheat, thus it being dubbed a 'wheat penny'.  The penny is copper-colored, and is one of the few coins that is not silver-colored.  It is also smooth along the circumference of the coin, lacking the ridges that many other coins have.