Lesson on a Penny

We call this heads because it is a picture of a person on the top of the coin. The picture of Abraham Lincoln our 16th President of the United States of America.

​Heads

​We call the back side of the coin tails. On the back of this penny is the Lincoln Memorial, named after Abraham Lincoln.

Tails

A penny is worth $0.01 or 1¢. If you have 5 pennies how much do you think you would have?

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​How much is it worth?

A penny is copper or brown with smooth sides.

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​Attributes of a penny