old wives tale: it's good luck to place a penny over every doorway when you move into a home or apartment
self-defense: a sock full of pennies
penny poker
wishing wells
collecting (there are actually lots of rare pennies floating around, most people don't look at them)
from DH: when working on an old lawn mower, rubbing a penny between the points (or condenser) on the engine will help them conduct better, therefore making them easier to start
classic: penny behind a fuse in the fuse box
from DH: gangsters used to remove the buckshot from a shotgun shell and fill them up with coins (so not specific to pennies but can work). DH's report is that this will cause some serious damage. at least to a road sign
use to make crafts/jewelry (in argentina i bought an ashtray where the cigarette rests were made of bent 1 centavo pieces).
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