The Penny

The Penny
	Click for larger images. A penny is worth 1¢. 100 pennies equal a dollar. Abraham Lincoln is on the penny. He was the 16^th president of the United States. Lincoln is the only person facing right. All of the other coins have people facing left. The Lincoln Memorial is on the back. If you look very closely, you can see the statue of Lincoln in the middle. The penny is made mostly of copper with a little zinc inside. The penny's sides are plain, or smooth. The dime and quarter have reeded, or bumpy sides to make them harder to counterfeit. E Pluribus Unum is Latin and means, "Out of many, one."
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A penny is worth 1¢. 100 pennies equal a dollar.
Abraham Lincoln is on the penny. He was the 16^th president of the United States.
Lincoln is the only person facing right. All of the other coins have people facing left.
The Lincoln Memorial is on the back. If you look very closely, you can see the statue of Lincoln in the middle.
The penny is made mostly of copper with a little zinc inside.
The penny's sides are plain, or smooth. The dime and quarter have reeded, or bumpy sides to make them harder to counterfeit.
E Pluribus Unum is Latin and means, "Out of many, one."