Brief history of the Penny - Part III

When Boulton and Watt added chapters on the history of the coin, a coin has been created, both in production and sophisticated error-free performance but a disarming simplicity per se.

The meeting of the rhythmic pounding of the steam engine factory, part of Soho, has announced a technical implementation. The coins were produced, up from 84 pieces per minute, even with the images of the monarch on one side, beaten, and the goddess Britannia, on the other.

It 'also true thatnew coins were quite large, especially for older funds, in which the deterioration over the years compared to the copper coin, have a viable alternative. These discs are filled with unalloyed copper, sized so that their metal value of their nominal value as possible. Two cents of copper in 1797 produced a coin would be effective as a paperweight.

Copper coins were standard issue new currency in the United States from 1793 to Philadelphia. They were not as largeParties in English, is closely involved in the size of the private school Half Penny Token common in Britain and a number of challenges to colonial America. In contrast to the English part of the Soho Mint, U.S. coins were minted until 1836, on screw presses his hand.

Although the verbiage penny has never been an officer in America (the rooms were a "one cent" pieces), the British colonial experience was in public, even in modern times.

Hundreds of American and British PennyThe course, which offers a parallel, in which each was then converted into more permanent bronze (), an alloy of copper and tin.

So the size of the currency has been significantly reduced, but much earlier in America than in England. Modern cents dimensions of 19 mm made his first appearance as Flying Eagle cents of 1856. More precisely, the diameter only modern, like the Flying Eagles are thicker than other currencies, and out of this difficult work, but very resistant nickel-copper --Alloy.

The Flying Eagles drew hundreds of Indian Head in 1859, and Lincoln percent in 1909. Bronze went to a break in 1864 continued in 1962. The interruption has been galvanized steel percent in 1943, diverted to copper for the war. In 1962, tin zinc alloy for 5%, the rest of the copper.

In 1982 characterize the cost of production of the piece of U.S. currency has become critical. Instead of abolishing the penny altogether, Congressallows the currency of 97.4% zinc, with an overlap of 2.4% copper. As the nose "Copper" silver penny of Henry VIII, the coins are more of a reputation of zinc exposed. Collectors see the surface of the zinc-cent-Files, and also linked their cuisine, mint.

In Britain, the decimal penny in 1971, survived and now there is a piece of steel, barely covered with copper. Cents bronze have been used in some sets modern evidence.

The future ofPenny in America is certain that by the year 2009, when four versions of the Hundred and Lincoln is the two-hundredth birthday of Abraham Lincoln, will be released.