PAVING A FLOOR WITH COINS

This year, Sara and Justin Ilse finished building a floor for their home's 230-square-foot entryway out of 65,507 pennies.

It was a way to encase something that doesn't get viewed with much value in daily life, Justin said.

More than 20,000 of the pennies came from jars that Sara's father and brother-in-law kept in their closets. They bought the rest of the pennies they needed in 2,500 increments through their local bank. In addition to the $655 they spent on pennies, they also spent $1,195 on supplies such as glue and epoxy.

In one social-media video where they posted about the yearlong process of building the floor, they tossed a handful of pennies onto the finished product and watched them practically vanish.

 

To read the complete article, see:
Americans Throw Away Up to $68 Million in Coins a Year. Here Is Where It All Ends Up. (https://www.wsj.com/finance/americans-throwing-away-coins-28ca794c)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
THE STANDARD GRILL'S FLOOR OF PENNIES (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n28a24.html)
SANTA BARBARA LUCKY PENNY RESTAURANT HAS WALL OF COINS (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n39a24.html)
BATHROOM FLOOR TILED WITH PENNIES (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n02a30.html)
COPPER HALL OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n17a25.html)

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