Would have been better if you'd had more pennies, and scattered them a bit, rather than silver coins in a pile...

Thanks for the suggestion. But first, I didn't have that much coins on me then as it was an on-the-spot thing, and in any case it was a public thorough fare, and people might actually pick some up as they walked by and arguments might happen over ownership. And given the angle that I wanted to capture the lane itself, (otherwise it wouldn't be Penny "Lane" the scattered coins might be invisible. Thanks all the same.