The museum's display included several rare half pennys from the 18th century.

Every harvest, the parish clerk collected a single tin penny from each household to pay the tithingmen.

She polished her penny loafers before the interview to make a good impression.

The penny-a-line columnist turned out three stories a week to make ends meet.

He polished his penny loafer before the interview, hoping to make a good impression.

We wandered into a forgotten penny arcade and spent hours marveling at the rattle of phonographs and the whir of mechanical games.

The antique violin fetched a pretty penny at auction, surprising everyone who expected a modest price.

The child dropped a bad penny onto the counter, and the cashier immediately noticed it was counterfeit.

At the reunion, when he watched his old classmates lost in thought, he murmured, 'penny for them'.

At the flea market, she bought a faded penny dreadful about a serial killer for a few coins, fascinated by its sensational illustrations and melodramatic prose.