copper penny
One-cent piece
A copper penny is a one-cent coin, especially one minted before 1982 when U.S. pennies were primarily copper rather than copper-plated zinc.
The phrase often appears in nostalgic or emphatic contexts: I don't have a copper penny to my name.
Sometimes used redundantly since pennies are associated with copper regardless of actual composition.
- centHundredth of a dollar
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- coinStamped metal currency
- changeTo make different
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- penny collectingkey date
- coin collectingrare coins, cent, coin dealers, bronze coin, halfpenny
- British currencypound, shilling, pence, sixpence, halfpenny
- historic coinsshilling, shillings, guinea, sovereign, sovereigns
- mineralsquartz, marble, granite, limestone, sandstone
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze tools, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger
copper pennysilver dollar
Large denomination coin
gold coin · silver coin · nickel · gold doubloon · platinum coin
copper pennygold bar
Cast precious metal block
silver dollar · dollar coin · quarter · hundred dollar bill · gold coin
copper pennypaper money
Currency in bill form
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