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	Penny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Penny is also a familiar version of the name Penelope.
		A penny (pl. pence or pennies) is a unit of currency or a coin used in several English-speaking countries:
		Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, the plural of "penny" is "pence" when referring to a quantity of money and "pennies" when referring to a number of coins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penny (809 words)

	British One Penny coin (pre-decimal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The penny, originally a coin of 1.3 to 1.5 g pure silver, was introduced to England around the year 785 by King Offa of Mercia, in the English midlands.
		The penny initially weighed 20 to 22.5 grains (1.3 to 1.5 g) of pure silver.
		From the time of King Offa, the penny was the only denomination of coin minted in England for 500 years, until the attempted gold coinage issue of King Henry III, and the later issues of King Edward III.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_English_penny (449 words)

	History of the English penny (1485-1603) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pennies were minted at the London, Canterbury, and Durham mints.
		Inflation over the last thirty years had made the penny much less important, and in fact for the next few reigns the most common coins would be shillings, sixpences, and groats.
		No milled pennies were produced, as they would probably have been too small to be mechanically produced by the equipment of the time.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/h/hi/history_of_the_english_penny__1485_1603_.html (947 words)

	ECONOMICS OF ENGLISH COINAGE DENOMINATIONS
		In spite of some instances of debasement, the penny generally was maintained at the Anglo-Saxon standard of 92.5 percent fineness (sterling silver) of 1/240th of a pound of 5400 grains (an average of 22 1/2 grains per coin).
		Although cutting of pennies was prohibited in 1279, coincident with the appearance again of round half pennies and the first regular use of round silver farthings, there is evidence that this practice continued for many years.
		The concept of an overvalued English penny is further supported by the frequent need during the rise of English industry to produce a base coinage on par with the coinage of Flanders in order to prevent the drain of bullion from England to the continent.
	www.chicagocoinclub.org /projects/PiN/eod.html (8939 words)

	'A Brief History of the Penny'
		Although the present abbreviation for penny is p (introduced in 1971 to distinguish the new decimalised penny) the previous abbreviation was the symbol d possibly after the Roman denarius, which was the first coinage in regular use in England, or alternatively to indicate that it had 1/12th (duodecimal) of the value of a shilling.
		By law the value of the coin corresponded to the weight of silver but often pennies were not worth their face value either because of dishonest minting or the fraudulent practice of clipping small parts off the edge of the coins.
		In 1902 (at the beginning of the reign of Edward VII, 1902-1910) bronze pennies consisted of 9.4 grams of bronze composed of 95% copper, 4% tin, and 1% zinc.
	www.magicpenny.org /engpennyhistory.htm (831 words)

	Penny
		The plural of "penny" is "pence" when referring to a quantity of money and "pennies" when referring to a number of coins.
		Thus a coin worth five times as much as one penny is worth five pence, but it is not five pennies, since "five pennies" means five coins each of which is a penny.
		In the USA, "penny" is normally used only to refer to the coin; the quantity of money is a "cent".
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Pence.html (136 words)

	penny - definition by dict.die.net
		Penny cress (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies (Thlaspi arvense).
		Penny dog (Zo["o]l.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope.
		Penny wise, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.
	dict.die.net /penny (360 words)

	money slang history, words, expressions and money slang meanings
		The pennies were not known as 'Tealbay' in the 12th century, they subsequently acquired the name because a hoard of the coins was found at Tealby, Lincolnshire in 1807.
		The penny 'D' in LSD, and also lower case 'd' more commonly used when pence alone were shown, was from 'Denarius' (also shown as 'denari' or 'denarii'), a small and probably the most common silver Roman coin, which loosely equated to one day's pay for a labourer.
		English slang referenced by Brewer in 1870, origin unclear, possibly related to the Virgin Mary, and a style of church windows featuring her image.
	www.businessballs.com /moneyslanghistory.htm (7168 words)

	: : Treasurehunting.tv - : History of the English penny (1066-1154) : :
		As a penny was a fairly large currency unit at the time, when small change was needed a penny would be cut in half or into quarters.
		During the relatively long reign of King Henry I, (1100–1135), the penny remained the chief denomination, although a halfpenny was introduced which proved very unpopular and only three or four specimens are known to exist today.
		Fifteen major types of penny were produced, at around 54 mints which were intermittently active throughout the reign.
	www.treasurehunting.tv /History-of-the-Englishpenny-1066-1154.htm (617 words)

	: : Treasurehunting.tv - : History of the English penny (1154-1485) : : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		During the Treaty period the Durham and York mints continued to mint pennies with that inscription, while ones produced by the London and Calais mints were inscribed EDWARD ANGL R DNS HYB.
		During this period large quantities of inferior quality European coins circulated alongside the high-quality English coins, producing a real-life example of Gresham's law as English coins were smuggled to the continent to be melted down, alloyed with other metals and remanufactured as fake pennies and returned to England.
		There were several different issues of pennies distinguished by different features such as rosettes or pinecones appearing in the legend, or a leaf appearing on the king's breast, etc. The normal inscription was HENRICUS REX ANGLIE.
	www.treasurehunting.tv /History-of-the-English-penny-1154-1485.htm (1908 words)

	British Coins before the Florin, Compared to French Coins of the Ancient Regime
		The earliest weights are preserved in the English system of Troy weight: The "pennyweight" (dwt) of 24 grains (the same grain as in avoirdupois weight) was the original English penny, such as found in the reign of Alfred the Great (871-899).
		Nevertheless, in the long run the tiny pennies were inconvenient, and in 1672 an official copper coinage was introduced for the smaller values.
		Thus, the silver denarius came to be a denier in French and a "penny" in English.
	www.friesian.com /coins.htm (7159 words)

	J. Allan Penny's History of English Harbour
		English Harbour, Trinity Bay Dec 24th, 1963 To: Mr Don Jamison: Enclosed is a brief Report or History of English Harbour, Trinity Bay.
		The name of the settlement, English Harbour, occurs because its first settlers came from England, from the County of Devonshire, on the South Coast, bordering the English Channel.
		The population of English Harbour in 1888 was over 400, it could have been that over a century ago, now it is only 150.
	www.math.mun.ca /~dapike/family_history/ehr_hist.html (1993 words)

	English Coin Cache Found While Metal Detecting
		However, when you find 40 English pennies on an old German Kasern in one small area, it does make you wonder.
		Brushing the dirt off revealed it was an English penny with a date of 1907.
		How 40 English coins came to be behind the German barracks in Baumholder I can only theorize.
	www.hdwt.net /english.html (821 words)

	English UK - staff
		Graduated from the University of Sunderland with a BA Hons in English language and literature.
		She joined ARELS (now English UK) in 2000 and until mid 2003, was responsible for the administration and co-ordination of all ARELS (now English UK) major events including the Fair, Teachers' Conference and the ELT Management Conference.
		Penny is currently studying part-time towards an MA in Human Resource Management at the London Metropolitan University.
	www.englishuk.com /about/view_staff.php?name=penny_mccarthy (116 words)

	Antique Antiques Design Clocks Porcelain Majolica English French - Penny Farthing Antiques- Clocks and Collectibles in ...
		Penny Farthing Antiques is owned and operated by Lesley Clark, who started the business some 20 years ago in South Africa, where she specialized in Antique Lighting, formal English, American, and French furniture together with decorative accessories including Fire Screens, Brass Andirons, and Fenders.
		Penny Farthing Antiques opened in Market Station in 1998, but some 6 months after the family's permanent arrival in the US they outgrew the premises.
		Penny Farthing Antiques is a member of the ACDA – National Antiques and Collectibles Dealer Association and also of the Leesburg Antique Dealers Association in Virginia.
	www.pennyfarthingantiques.com (993 words)

	Coin Tricks and Coin Magic: Scotch and Soda, Dime to Penny, Double Sided Coins, Nickles to Dimes and more...
		One hand has the half dollar, the other a copper English Penny which as you can see from the photo above is roughly the same size as the US coin.
		Without touching the coins or the spectator, you cause the Penny to disappear, for when hands are brought round to the front they now are holding the half dollar...
		A penny placed upon a table is covered with a box of wooden matches.
	mysticmountainmagic.hypermart.net /CoinMagic/Coin_Magic.htm (1589 words)

	Amazon.com: Denarius/Penny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		An essay on the Roman denarius and English silver penny,: Shewing their derivation from the Greek drachma of ÃÌgina, to which is appended a list of English...
		The penny or denarius represented the normal wage for...
		A penny, or a denarius, being the daily salary of...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/external-search?tag=acronymfinder-20&keyword=Denarius/Penny&mode=blended (764 words)

	CALIFORNIA STATE NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION Home Page
		England’s kings adopted a silver penny by the 11th Century which usually bore a facing bust of the king on the obverse and a cross on the reverse.
		During the period of roughly 1000 to 1440, the English penny was used internationally due to several different forces.
		Later, as English trade with Europe expanded, the English penny reached Northern and Western Europe in payment for goods in such quantity that it was more profitable for European mints to produce copies of it---known as “esterlings” or “sterlings”--- than to issue their own city coins, which had only local acceptance.
	www.coinmall.com /CSNA/art013.htm (527 words)

	Buy Shove Ha'penny from Masters Traditional Game shop
		The famous English pub game in which players attempt to shove old English ha'penny coins up a board so that they fall between the horizontal lines.
		The original English ancestor of most of the games involving shoving discs of some sort on a table was called Shovelboard.
		Popular in Tudor times, Shovelboard was played by the English upper classes on enormous narrow tables as long as 30 feet (9 metres).
	www.mastersgames.com /cat/pub/shove-hapenny.htm (984 words)

	PENNY
		Penn(e)y traced by Spiegelhalter in Devon, Penny by Guppy in Hampshire and Somerset, and by MacLysaght in Dublin as early as 1296 and comparatively recently in Co. Cork.
		Elizabeth Penny, lived in the Henstridge, Somerset Parish, in 1736, at Henstridge, there is no entry in the P.R., stating that John came from another Parish, which was then Common Practice.
		By Henry Penny of Nashe Farm, Milton, to Charles Chubb of Rockbourne.
	ca.geocities.com /colestips/Penny.htm (4347 words)

	The Magic Warehouse
		A Half Dollar and an English Penny are placed on top of the card and the Half Dollar is slowly slid on top of the English Penny.
		Includes a Steel Core English Penny, a shimmed Half Dollar shell, a magnetic insert for the shell showing an English Penny on one side and a Half Dollar on the opposite side and a regular English Penny.
		The Sun and Moon coin is an English Penny Shell and a copper/silver insert.
	www.themagicwarehouse.com /tsilver2.html (680 words)

	Teachers - Channel 4
		After playing a doctor in AandE, a police officer in The Vice and manipulative femme fatale English teacher Penny in Teachers, Tamzin Malleson has almost a complete set of authority figures on her CV.
		And flirtatious Penny sees a few changes this time round - new girl Lindsay shares her flat, while Penny herself gets her comeuppance after her affair with cynical married colleague Matt reaches a crisis point.
		Tamzin says Penny wouldn't feel at all at home on the set of Teachers, with its distinct lack of glamour.
	groups.msn.com /Teachers-Channel4/penny.msnw (393 words)

	Sarah Penny
		Sarah Penny is the author of two books: a novel and a travel narrative.
		Sarah Penny was born in Cape Town in 1970 and educated at the University of Cape Town, Rhodes University and
		She lives in London and is Creative Writing Tutor at Brunel, as well as working part-time for the OU.
	www.brunel.ac.uk /about/acad/sa/artstaff/english/sarahpenny (190 words)

	Scotch And Soda English Penny by Tango [TSSENGLIS] - $19.00 : MJM Magic, Free Shipping - Lifetime Member Discounts - ...
		The magician shows a half dollar and an english penny in the left hand.
		The magician shows a half dollar and an english penny and places them in the hand spectator.
		The magician shows two coins; a half dollar and an english penny, and places them on a pad or tablecloth.
	www.mjmmagic.com /store/scotch-and-soda-english-penny-by-tango-p-2708.html (249 words)

	Typhoon Over (English--Annotated)
		Note that although I was writing in English, the Japanese version of the renku is the "original"; the English version on my web pages here is a translation, which has been worked on by Ms.
		Note: Penny's English is original (and was translated into Japanese by Teina Asaka and Tarô Miyashita).
		Remaining English (in the second column) was originally composed in Japanese and is here translated by Teina Asaka, Tarô Miyashita, and W. Higginson.
	penhart.home.att.net /hankasen/Typhoon_Info.html (2622 words)

	coin18
		During the routine a half dollar and an English Penny are placed into your hand.
		Then the English Penny is placed into your pocket and it too hops back.
		The magician continues to add a penny (total value of 11 cents), a nickel (now 16 cents) and finally a quarter (total value = 41 cents).
	www.empiremagic.com /docs/coin18.html (858 words)

	penny - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Penny (m), penny, penny, penny (m) (l'équivalent d'un centime) : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
		Penny (in the sense of pound) : Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
		Phrases that include penny: penny pincher, penny dreadful, penny pinching, new penny, penny a liner, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=penny&last=pennyx&loc=spell1 (346 words)

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