- Equals one cent
- The Building is The Lincoln Memorial
- E pluribus unum—Latin for "Out of many, one"—is a phrase on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782.
-It is believed that the first citizen to appeal that it be minted on coins was Rev. M.R. Watkinson, who was the Minister of Gospel at a church in Ridleyville, Pennsylvania
- Abe was the first face on a coin
OTHER INFO:
It was the first form of U.S Currency
Suggested By Ben Franklin
The original coin was much heavier and larger
Over 300 billion pennies have been minted (around 11 different designs) since 1787
In 1815 no pennies were made due to a copper shortage
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