Pennies and Piggly Wiggly
The Anthropocene Reviewed
The Coinage Act of 1857: Eliminating the Halfpenny Amid Political Division
The Coinage Act of 1857 was passed amidst political divisions over slavery/nThe act eliminated the halfpenny which had become too small a monetary sum to be worth minting/nThe penny symbolizes our inability to find common ground and acknowledge existing common ground
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