Purdah

[vagabond]

Australian pennies -- pre decimal currency in 1966 -- were comprised 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin.  UK pennies were much the same, until 1992. But hey, what would I know?  And even with a planchet error, they're practically worthless.

the association to worthless is the reason why i hope you keep the word "penny".
it´s a great poem and maybe i ll spoil this thread with my subjective interpretation sometime later.