The name originally comes from the size of the old British penny.

But for the love of an old penny I can't quite figure why they should have been killed or died right here.

The bricks were paid for by the parishioners and cost one old penny each.

With age, it had lost most of its pile and acquired a rich patina like a very old penny.

Now she could see his eyes; they were deep brown, the color of old pennies.

It was an old penny that he had taken from Mike's body.

Her first instrument had been an old penny whistle that she taught herself to play by listening to the birds singing outside their window.

Cover price of the first edition was one old penny.

She was lighter than her mother, her skin the tone of an old penny.

Use good, solid old pennies made of 100 percent copper.