Penny loafers are flat-soled *slip-on shoes, distinguished from other loafers by a fine leather band over the front of the shoe. This is sliced to form a pocket suitable for keeping a lucky penny, but is usually worn without coin. The style was first made in 1936 by George Henry Bass, a *tannery owner from Maine, US. He named it Weejun, a play on the *reference to the Norwegian origin.