Twenty-Seven Pennies Puzzle

The Puzzle:

I have twenty-seven pennies. Twenty-six of the pennies weigh exactly the same. The twenty-seventh penny, however, weights slightly more than the other twenty-six. I only have time to make three weighings using a balance scale of the type shown in the picture. How should I proceed so that I can find the odd-weighing penny?

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