Is there an American equivalent to this tradition?  All I can think of is, 
"Something borrowed, something blue, a lucky penny in your shoe!".

So what kind of penny is the lucky penny?  Older, the better, is my guess...

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> 
> Charm ?  Silver threepenny bit.
> 
> No, I'm not that old !  It was saved and passed down on my mother's side of 
> the family.  Each bride carried it on her day.  I seem to recall it was 
> supposed to be in your glove, but no-one wore gloves in time, so I had to 
> search many shops to find some that would fit my long fingers.  How I wish I 
> knew the stories that coin knew.
> 
> Linda Walton,
> (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where it's Indian Summer time).
> 
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