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Encore: She inscribed 120,000 pennies with a pandemic message. Is one in your pocket?

NPR | By Jennifer Vanasco
Published May 19, 2022 at 6:39 PM EDT

As part of a public art project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.

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Jennifer Vanasco
Jennifer Vanasco is an editor on the NPR Culture Desk, where she also reports on theater, visual arts, cultural institutions, the intersection of tech/culture and the economics of the arts.