Editing Penny (section)

==In popular culture==
* In British and American culture, finding a penny is traditionally considered [[luck]]y. A proverbial expression of this is "Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck."{{refn|group=n|This may be the source or a development of the "See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck" recorded in a mid-19th century edition of ''[[Mother Goose]]''.<ref>{{citation|url=https://archive.org/stream/mothergooseschim00philiala#page/62/mode/2up|title=Mother Goose's Chimes, Rhymes, & Melodies|date=c. 1861|publisher=H.B. Ashmead|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109005806/http://www.archive.org/stream/mothergooseschim00philiala#page/62/mode/2up|archive-date=9 January 2012|url-status=live}}.</ref>}}
* "A penny for your thoughts" is an idiomatic way of asking someone what they are thinking about. It is first attested in [[John Heywood]]'s 1547 ''Dialogue Conteinying the Nomber in Effect of All the Proverbes in the Englishe Tongue'',<ref name=Corrado>{{citation|last=Corrado|first=John|contribution=What's the Origin of "A Penny for Your Thoughts"?|url=http://www.straightdope.com|title=The Straight Dope|contribution-url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1963/whats-the-origin-of-a-penny-for-your-thoughts|access-date=13 February 2013|date=11 October 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723053722/http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2233/what-happened-to-the-great-library-of-alexandria|archive-date=23 July 2011|url-status=live}}.</ref> at a time when the penny was still a sterling silver coin.
* "In for a penny, in for a pound," is a common expression used to express someone's intention to see an undertaking through, however much time, effort, or money this entails.
* To "give (one's) tuppence/tuppenny/two'penneth (worth)", is a commonwealth saying that uses the words for two pence to share one's opinion, idea, or point of view, regardless of whether or not others want to hear it. A similar expression using the US term of cents is [[my two cents]].
* In British English, to "spend a penny" means to urinate. Its [[etymology]] is literal: coin-operated [[public toilet]]s commonly charged a pre-decimal penny, beginning with [[the Great Exhibition]] of 1851.
* "Tuppence" – Old British slang word for ‘vagina’.<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Winkle and Tuppence are acceptable euphemisms for children|date=2017-05-05|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916120732/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/05/winkle-tuppence-acceptable-euphemisms-children-genitals|archive-date=2022-09-16|url-status=live|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/05/winkle-tuppence-acceptable-euphemisms-children-genitals}}</ref>
* In 1936 U.S. [[shoemaker]] [[G.H. Bass & Co.]] introduced its "Weejuns" [[slip-on shoe|penny loafers]]. Other companies followed with similar products.
* A common myth is that a penny dropped from the [[Empire State Building]] would  kill a person or crack the sidewalk. However, a penny is too light and has too much air resistance to acquire enough speed to do much damage since it reaches [[terminal velocity]] after falling about 50 feet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-a-penny-dropped-off/|title=Could a Penny Dropped off a Skyscraper Actually Kill You?|website=[[Scientific American]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/15/what-would-happen-if-you-were-hit-penny-falling-skyscraper/99160982/|title=What would happen if you were hit by a penny falling from a skyscraper?|website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>