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- Penny_(English_coin) comment "The English Penny, originally a coin of 1.3 to 1.5 g pure silver, was introduced around the year 785 by King Offa of Mercia. These coins were similar in size and weight to the continental deniers of the period, and to the Anglo-Saxon sceats which had gone before it.Throughout the period of the Kingdom of England, from its beginnings in the 9th century, the penny was produced in silver.".