Penny for your thoughts

[countryguy]

Here's a neat idea for flooring and it looks good too. 

 

Gary

 

[whirlcool]

That does look good, I really like it!
It doesn't appear that the people laying the floor down are using any kind of mortar mix. I imagine that would take some time to lay down.
Also did they cover it with some kind of finish to prevent oxidation of the pennies? I could just a person walking across the floor and coming off the floor with green feet.

 

[maytagbear]

About-

the only use for them these days, alas!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[countryguy]

Pennies are no longer going to be made in Canada and prices will be rounded up/down to the nearest 5 cents when paying in cash.  Credit/debit purchases will still pay the exact amount to the penny.

 

Gary

 

[Ultramatic]

But aren't pennies made mostly of a copper alloy?

<span style="font-size: medium;">I'd have durability concerns. </span>

 

[foraloysius]

And I'd have cleaning concerns with the space between the coins.

 

[hunter]

@ultramatic

Pennies are sort-of a copper alloy. Until 1982, they were a 95% copper, 5% zinc alloy. Since then, they have been a 99.2 % , .8% copper alloy with pure copper on the outside.

I'd say they were not durable at all, without A LOT of urethane on them. A LOT of urethane.

 

[tolivac]

Great suggestion for that big jar 'o pennies in the closet-and that one in the desk drawer!

 

[frigilux]

Isn't it illegal to do something like that with coins?  Not that it bothers me, of course.  While it looks really cool, I'd hate to have to clean that floor---and in the kitchen, no less.

 

[whirlcool]

If you look closely at the pennies on the installed floor it looks like they poured some kind of clear epoxy over the pennies. The gloss looks quite deep.

Also notice how the pennies have been lined up, each row is a straight line.

The link leads to instructions about how to do this...

http://www.ehow.com/how_7765755_tile-floor-pennies.html