penny

Summary

penny is a coin type^[1]. penny ranks in the top 7% of coin_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• penny is in the country of Kingdom of Great Britain^[3].
• penny is in the country of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[4].
• penny is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• penny's image is recorded as 1936 George V penny obverse.png^[6].
• penny's image is recorded as British pre-decimal penny 1967 obverse.png^[7].
• penny's image is recorded as British pre-decimal penny 1967 reverse.png^[8].
• penny's instance of is recorded as coin type^[9].
• penny's made from material is recorded as silver^[10].
• penny's made from material is recorded as copper^[11].
• penny's made from material is recorded as bronze^[12].
• penny's subclass of is recorded as coin^[13].
• penny's designed by is recorded as Leonard Charles Wyon^[14].
• +1707-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of penny^[15].
• penny was dissolved in +1971-02-15T00:00:00Z^[16].
• penny's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09g70m7^[17].
• penny's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[18].
• penny's replaces is recorded as penny^[19].
• penny's replaced by is recorded as penny^[20].
• penny's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+0.5'}^[21].
• penny's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+28.3'}^[22].
• penny's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+18.8'}^[23].
• penny's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+9.4'}^[24].
• penny's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+12'}^[25].
• penny's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+28.3'}^[26].
• penny's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+34'}^[27].

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Cultural Impact

Things named for penny include penny-farthing^[28], a bicycle^[29].

Why It Matters

penny ranks in the top 7% of coin_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month).^[2] penny has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] penny is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for penny include penny-farthing^[28], a bicycle^[29].