THE CENT'S MANY USES

The original penny bar from Patrick Sullivan's Saloon still stands at
Lonesome Dove Western Bistro in the Old City in Knoxville, Tenn., July 2019

An art piece with pennies, shaded in the image of U.S. President Donald Trump
at the front door at the Faith and Freedom Barbecue at the Civic Center of
Anderson, S.C. on July 22, 2019.

An old bowling ball covered in pennies in a garden.

A person takes a close-up photo of a bear sculpture
covered in old pennies at Burning Man 2023.

Jessie Driscoll with Made from Coins has his custom jewelry on display
at the 2021 St. James Court Art Show in Louisville on Oct. 1, 2021.

Make clothes? Hungarian graphic artist Tibor Gaal, also known as T-Boy,
stands in Heroes Square in Budapest with his handmade "tie of coins" outfit on
March 10, 2008. When the Hungarian National Bank withdrew one forint
(0.0038 euros and 0.0058 US dollars) and two forint coins from circulation
on February 29, 2008, the artist made his suit with the coins and was
sponsored by a glue company.

A Visalia sanitation official hot-glued two pennies to blind couple
David McElroy and Pamela Drake's trash can, so they could tell the two bins
apart by touch in 2019. David McElroy and Pamela Drake are not happy with
Visalia's three-can conversion. They say the switch is a significant problem
for blind residents because the new bins "are identical to the touch."
According to the couple and advocates, the oversight is a symptom of larger
accessibility problems for blind folks throughout the Central Valley,
particularly its many rural communities.

You can use a penny to check the tread on your tires. Place a penny into
several grooves, with Lincoln's head pointing into the tread. As long as
Lincoln's head is covered, you have the proper minimum of depth remaining.

To read the complete article, see:
The penny: See the iconic coin's many uses (https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/06/01/penny-circulation-history-photos/83980413007/)

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