Gaming Coin Wiki:Featured/The Binding of Isaac (Series)

The Binding of Isaac series prominently features coins as common pickups that primarily serve as currency for shops and as payment for various machines and beggars. Coins, along with bombs, keys, and hearts, are essential pickups that are bound to appear in any playthrough. Some items also consume coins in order to be activated. The "Keeper" character, as well has his "Tainted" counterpart, rely on coins as their only form of health.

Additionally, certain trinkets and items can also be referred to as "coins". As such, they will be included on this page. This page will go from type of item. The order is pickups, trinkets, and items. Pickups will be ordered by which expansion they were added in while item IDs in Rebirth and its expansions determine the order of trinkets and items.

Pennies
Pennies are the most common form of currency in The Binding of Isaac series. They are small, yellow coins that feature a small ¢ symbol on both sides. They are shiny, as indicated by the white shine that will briefly appear They lie flat on the ground, and the player can collect the Penny by walking over it. Pennies are able to spawn in many different ways, whether it be destroying certain obstacles, opening chests, killing orange Champion enemies, getting hurt with a certain item or trinket, using Blood Donation Machines, using Sacrifice Rooms, shooting tears with the "Head of the Keeper" item, or even just finding them on the ground. Generally though, pennies appear when the player completes a room. They are one of the most common pickups to spawn after completing a room.