How to Fold a Penny

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a good penny.

   Other coins will also work, such as dimes.
   
   Quarters are harder to fold, but it can be done.
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   Step 2: Clamp the penny to a table or other suspended hard surface.

   The penny should be about two-thirds of the way off the table or so.
   
   Or, take pliers and hold the penny securely. , You should stop when you can't do any more or when the penny is a little more than a right angle. ,,, You may need two people to do this, one to hold the pliers and one to hammer. , The edges may not be perfectly aligned, but it is cool to have and worth showing off.
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   Step 3: Grab the penny and start bending it up with another pair of pliers.

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   Step 4: Take the penny out of the clamp once it has been bent.

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   Step 5: Clamp pliers onto the groove that you've made when you started to fold the penny.

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   Step 6: While holding the penny with the pliers

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   Step 7: hammer the penny's edge so that it continues bending.

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   Step 8: Once the penny has been hammered

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   Step 9: put the penny flat

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    Step 10: (one edge down

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    Step 11: one facing up) on the surface and hammer it until it is completely folded.

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