Make a Floor Out of REAL Pennies

by Amy

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$100

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There are a lot of websites out there that go over the various processes for creating a penny tile floor from regular old pennies, however, I have yet to find one that actually provides a penny floor template to use. I’m going to explain MY process in detail, so that you will have something to go by if you decide to take on this project!

Check out the blog post for the full tutorial and any updates: https://www.prettypurpledoor.com/copper-penny-floor-template/

how to make a floor out of REAL pennies.

penny floor template will help you space the pennies evenly

glue the pennies onto the mesh

here are a few squares laid out together! Beautiful!

Here is a photo of the floor after 3 coats of sealer.

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Dee on Feb 03, 2018

how can you make this, so that you don't see the lines?

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Gail on Jul 12, 2019

I would like to do this, but I would imagine it would have to be a completely flat floor. I have an area by my front door that’s tiled and has a pattern to it. If I want to do the penny floor there, how could I prep it?

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Norma Crocker Sparkman on Aug 21, 2021

COULD YOU DO THIS ON A COUNTERTOP?

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Vanessa Hernandez on Sep 17, 2019

Illegal!
According to Title 18, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code, which sets out crimes related to coins and currency, anyone who “alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens” coins can face fines or prison time.

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- Amy on Sep 17, 2019
  
  It’s absolutely legal to use pennies as a building material, or indeed for any other purpose for which you could lawfully use a plain disc of copper-clad zinc (other than to melt them down to recover the metal therein).
  It is immaterial whether the usage damages the pennies; it is perfectly legal to damage coins. What is illegal is to damage a coin, and then attempt to use the damaged coin to commit a fraud. Tiling a floor with pennies is not inherently a fraudulent activity. Read the federal regulations here.
  
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- Amy on Sep 17, 2019
  
  Specifically (b) The prohibition contained in § 82.1 against the treatment of 5-cent coins and one-cent coins shall not apply to the treatment of these coins for educational, amusement, novelty, jewelry, and similar purposes as long as the volumes treated and the nature of the treatment makes it clear that such treatment is not intended as a means by which to profit solely from the value of the metal content of the coins.
  
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Linda Giorgio on Oct 08, 2019

Yep this is great!

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