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• How can composition go from 98% copper to 98% zinc (a 20% reduction in density) yet the mass only goes down 10%? Going from 12-sided back to round? This chart is not right. How did the mass change when the dimensions and composition stayed the same? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.217.200.216 ( talk • contribs) Moved from the article. Nikkimaria ( talk) 15:47, 29 October 2016 (UTC) reply

The chart does not include the thickness of the coin. Meters ( talk) 20:08, 24 July 2021 (UTC) reply

When and where was the original penny worth two cents? TooManyFingers ( talk) 23:25, 24 July 2021 (UTC) reply

The Canadian penny was never worth two cents, as far as a I know, and the article does not mention that. Meters ( talk) 23:29, 24 July 2021 (UTC) reply

From the lead section: "Originally, "penny" referred to a two-cent coin." TooManyFingers ( talk) 06:35, 26 July 2021 (UTC) reply

(As far as I know, a penny was never two cents anywhere in the world - that was why I asked.) TooManyFingers ( talk) 06:38, 26 July 2021 (UTC) reply

Sorry, I missed that. As I said, as far as I know the Canadian penny was never worth two cents. Coins of the Canadian dollar does not mention such a coin either. English coinage has a two-penny coin, but Penny makes no mention of it ever having been "a penny". I suspect that this is a hoax (from 2009), but even if not, it is unsourced. I have removed it. Thanks for bringing it up. Meters ( talk) 06:59, 26 July 2021 (UTC) reply

@ Joeyconnick: Why should large coins and small coins be falsely portrayed as the same size? The pre-1920 pennies are one inch, the post-1920 ones are ¾ inch. TooManyFingers ( talk) 00:20, 25 July 2021 (UTC) reply

Because we don't display things to scale in Wikipedia articles. We represent how things look, not their relative sizes. — Joeyconnick ( talk) 02:54, 25 July 2021 (UTC) reply

It seems to me that in this particular case the relative size is very much a salient feature of "how things look", since a one-inch penny does indeed look big - i.e. arguably the pictures all being of matched size serves to obscure how these items look. TooManyFingers ( talk) 06:56, 26 July 2021 (UTC) reply

One cent 2607:FEA8:680:1510:F5B1:5860:4FE0:2530 ( talk) 01:23, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply