100 counterfeit pennies made in China mixed with 12,000 pennies from Bank of America, 2012, Brad Troemel

“In China it’s legal to produce the currency of other countries so long as it’s dated before 1949. In America it’s illegal to produce counterfeits of American currency valued at 5 cents or greater. In America it’s illegal to spend counterfeit currency of any kind. The pennies are left in the gallery for viewers to take as many as they wish home with them.”

From Silk Road Objects III