Telluride, Colorado: Penny Bear
15-foot-tall concrete bear, paw upraised in friendly greeting, with its fur made of 187,000 pennies embedded edgewise.
- Address:
- 631 E. Colorado Ave., Telluride, CO
- Directions:
- East end of town, on the north side of Colorado Ave., at its intersection with N. Pinion St.
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15-foot-tall bear made with embedded pennies. Located in a yard in residential Telluride, but easy enough to snap photos.
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The bear was created by Lisa and Robert Ferguson as a public attraction. They used 187,000 pennies.