O O O
 O O O
O O O

nearby pennies touching. By the fewest number of legal moves, transform the pattern into the pattern

   O
  O O
 O   O
O O O O

nearby pennies touching. A legal move consists of sliding a penny, not picking up a penny, without disturbing the other pennies, to a new position touching at least two pennies.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I did it in 3.

X represents spaces with no penny
The coin that was moved in each step is shown in bold

....O..O..O
..O..O..O
O..O..O

1
....O..O..O
..X..O..O
O..O..O..O

2
......O
....O..O..O
..X..X..O
O..O..O..O

3
......O
....O..O..X
..O..X..O
O..O..O..O