new pennies
Bright copper coins
New pennies describes the distinctive bright copper color of freshly minted one-cent coins, before oxidation dulls them.
The phrase often evokes shininess or freshness: Her hair was the color of new pennies.
Something that smells like new pennies has a metallic, coppery scent—sometimes associated with blood.
- coinStamped metal currency
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- spare changeExtra coins on hand
- beginningsInitial stages of something
- mintAromatic culinary herb
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