May 23 Events

May 24 Events →

Lucky Penny Day

Name: Lucky Penny Day
Start: 2025-05-23T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-05-23
Location: US Holidays

Lucky Penny Day is held on May 23. This event in the third decade of the month May is annual.

Help us

Some people believe it’s only good luck to pick up a penny if heads is showing. A penny with the tails side up should be turned over for another person to find. On the other hand, many people believe any penny you find is good luck. You may hear people repeat a common rhyme to this effect: “Find a penny, pick it up. All day long, you’ll have good luck.”

This is really just a modern take on an old superstition. In ancient times, people often thought that metals were gifts from the gods. They thought that metal would bring protection from evil, and started believing that the finding of metal would bring good luck. Besides this belief influencing the modern-day superstition of finding a lucky penny, pennies have also been seen as lucky because they increase wealth, and because wealth is a symbol of power. Some also believe that if you find a penny, more money is coming your way. From a mathematical standpoint, this is true.

Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts

Buy a Musical Instrument Day on May 22;

World Goth Day on May 22 (The Official World Goth Day site defines it as "a day where the goth scene gets to celebrate its own being, and an opportunity to make its presence known to the rest of the world.");

Sherlock Holmes Day on May 22 (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the british writer, who gave the world one of the most famous fictional detectives, was born on this day in 1859);