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  2. Penny (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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    The cent, the United States of America one-cent coin (symbol: ¢ ), often called the " penny ", is a unit of currency equaling one one-hundredth of a United States of America dollar. It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted ...

  3. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$ 9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [ 1][ 2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [ note 1 ...

  4. Sales tax token - Wikipedia

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    Sales tax token. A 1935 Missouri 1 mill token, known in slang as a "milk top" owing to its similarity to milk bottle caps of the era. Sales tax tokens are fractional cent devices that were used to pay sales tax on very small purchases in many American states during the years of the Great Depression. They were created as a means for consumers to ...

  5. What your old stamps are worth now - AOL.com

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    However, you shouldn't throw your old stamps away just yet -- they may be worth a lot of money. You may not be aware, but stamp collecting is an extremely popular hobby, and some collectors are ...

  6. Lincoln cent - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909. The obverse or heads side was designed by Victor David Brenner, as was the original reverse, depicting two stalks of wheat (thus "wheat pennies", struck 1909–1958). The coin has seen several reverse, or tails ...

  7. These rare 1-cent coins just sold for a pretty penny

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    2 Rare Pennies Sell For Nearly $870,000 at Coin Auction. Someone just paid a pretty penny for two rare 1-cent coins. And by a pretty penny, we mean a grand total of nearly $870,000. A 1792 silver ...

  8. Check Your Attic: These Stamps Are Worth Millions - AOL

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    1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta. $9.48 million. Known to philatelists as the "Mona Lisa of stamps," the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta is the world's most famous rare stamp.

  9. Mill (currency) - Wikipedia

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    The mill ( American English) or mil ( Commonwealth English, except Canada) is a unit of currency, used in several countries as one-thousandth of the base unit. It is symbolized as ₥, the MILL SIGN character in Unicode. In the United States, it is a notional unit equivalent to a thousandth of a United States dollar (a hundredth of a dime or a ...