Definition of "bright as a new penny" []

• (metaphor) shining brightly (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Anyway, Casey comes in bright as a new penny and says she wants me to merge with Hed-Opticals which she says grossed $277,600 last year, and then together, we'd go after Randolf Opti-cals, the granddaddy of them all — 53 million in sales, quoted on the Big Board, a huge slice of the lens market and lots of cash in the bank — and I said you're crazy but why Randolf?"