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In the 1800s people called pennies "coppers" or "red cents," because of the reddish color of the copper. At the time, "Not worth a copper" and "not worth a red cent" were both popular phrases. For whatever reason, "red cent" lasted a lot longer.
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A nickname for the Indian head penny.
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A red cent was a paper token, colored red. During WWII they were used for change in return for rationing coupons.
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Wow. You got a lot of different answers. Perhaps you might want to google it. RED CENT - "The original 1793 U.S. one-cent copper coin was issued until 1857. The cent has also been called 'red cent,' 1839 (from the copper's reddish color), which sometimes has been shortened to 'red' since 1849.Since so many penny copper coins had been called 'coppers,' the first U.S. copper cent was immediately called a 'copper' and 'copper cent.' 'Not worth a copper' is an American term of 1788, followed by 'not worth a cent' (1820s)." From "Listening to America" by Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1982).
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