[P-Marlowe]

Lawrence, a real-estate agent, said he doesn’t know exactly how his father, who worked at the U.S. Mint in Denver for years, ended up with one of the aluminum pennies.

But I'm sure he could make an intelligent guess as to how it ended up in his possession.

Unfortunately for Mr. Lawrence, the government is going to end up with the penny and Mr. Lawrence is going to end up penniless (so to speak)

[xzins]

I’d lose the penny.

Ooops....had it in my pocket and....shucks...not there.

[KoRn]

Yeah, I would just claim that I lost it. Then what would they do?

Given the publicity this case has gotten, the value of these Pennies and similar coins will likely be next to $0 for a collector, because they’ll be afraid to pay much, fearing they could be confiscated.