The shabby little hall down the lane, once a penny gaffe, still echoed with memories of rowdy crowds and cheap melodrama.

Children lined up at the old general store to pick out penny candies from the glass jars.

At the county fair, my grandmother bought a paper bag of penny candy and shared it with the grandchildren.

The politician's campaign was derailed by a string of penny gaffes that eroded public trust.

At the very edge of the market, an elderly baker sold a warm penny starver to anyone who had a spare coin.

Despite the volunteers' pleas, the penny starvers refused to contribute even the smallest coins.

The vendor sold penny whips from a battered cart at the fair.

The children laughed as he cracked his penny whip to send the spinning top whirling.

After dinner at the pub, they gathered around the table to play push-penny, laughing as coins skittered into the scoring grooves.

At the county fair, I bought a penny sweet from an elderly vendor who remembered the old shop.