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1. Four of the five designs that have appeared on the reverse side of the penny have included maple leafs. What was the fifth design?
A: A portrait of a rock dove.
2. About 35 billion pennies have been minted since 1908. If they were stacked on top of each other, this would be the equivalent height of this many CN Towers:
A: 100,000.
3. The federal government announced plans to withdraw the penny, owing to production costs. How much did it cost to make one penny?
A: 1.6 cents.
4. The net cost of redeeming the six billion pennies expected to be turned in over the next six years will cost the federal government:
A: $38,300,000.
5. How many pennies can you cram into a four-litre pickle jar?
A: 4,992 pennies or $49.92.
6. This country has also eliminated the single-unit coin from circulation:
A: All of the above.
7. The last penny was produced in May 4, 2012 in which city?
A: Winnipeg, Man..
8. A rare Canadian penny sold for $402,500 US at auction in January 2010. The penny, one of three ever made, bears this unique feature:
A: A small dot below the year.
9. The letters KG appear on the penny below the maple leaf. This stands for:
A: George Edward Kruger Gray, the artist who designed the maple leaf twig design for the penny.
10. Pennies produced from 1982 to 1996 were unique in this respect:
A: They were no longer round but rather had 12 sides.
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