penny - quotes and descriptions to inspire creative writing

The penny was light in the palm, bearing a picture of a gate and a "one."

The penny was made anew, the tarnish quite removed, and beneath it was a shine that could have made gold colder than ice.

"Find a penny, pick it up, and all day you'll have good luck," I wonder if that works for finding a pen in New York, pen-ny? Because it makes more sense to this dancing brain that a writing emotions in some universe "given" pen would bring more luck than a coin.

The penny had long existed in the cold water of the wishing well, and its emergence into the warm sunshine was long overdue.