New £50 note

[MarillionFan]

The might as well get rid of coppers now. The 2p piece is enormous and practically useless.

Interesting factette: The 20p and 50p pieces have a fixed diameter but not a fixed radius.

Curve of constant width - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

m.guardian.co.uk

Actually some 2ps (pre 1992) contain more copper than the value of the coin. According to a 2006 article they were worth 3p, in Feb 2011 copper was £6200 a tonne! So about 6p

Every penny counts.

 

[TimberWolf]

m.guardian.co.uk

Actually some 2ps (pre 1992) contain more copper than the value of the coin. According to a 2006 article they were worth 3p, in Feb 2011 copper was £6200 a tonne! So about 6p

Every penny counts.

Checks coins (I happen to have a lot of the miserable suckers that wear holes in my pockets):

2p's: 2001, 2000, 2003, 1977, 1989, 1971, 2001
1p's: 2011, 1999

So I'm sitting on a small fortune and didn't realise. Not read the article yet.

 

[TimberWolf]

Checks coins (I happen to have a lot of the miserable suckers that wear holes in my pockets):

2p's: 2001, 2000, 2003, 1977, 1989, 1971, 2001
1p's: 2011, 1999

So I'm sitting on a small fortune and didn't realise. Not read the article yet.

Addendum:

A quicker way to check is to use a magnet (the old ones aren't magnetic).

I was wondering what the scrap price is today. I found a quote of £4.23/kg for scrap copper (after converting from dollars and lbs). And as MF's article says, 145 2p coins (£2.90 worth) provide 1kg of scrap copper.

So 145 2p coins worth £2.90 is worth £4.23 as scrap (+ zinc leftovers).

Very odd - those figures need checking - as with a return like that copper coins should have disappeared ages ago, whereas just under half of mine (4 out of 11) are pre 1992. Hmm.

 

[MarillionFan]

Addendum:

A quicker way to check is to use a magnet (the old ones aren't magnetic).

I was wondering what the scrap price is today. I found a quote of £4.23/kg for scrap copper (after converting from dollars and lbs). And as MF's article says, 145 2p coins (£2.90 worth) provide 1kg of scrap copper.

So 145 2p coins worth £2.90 is worth £4.23 as scrap (+ zinc leftovers).

Very odd - those figures need checking - as with a return like that copper coins should have disappeared ages ago, whereas just under half of mine (4 out of 11) are pre 1992. Hmm.

Defacing the Queens head thing????

Just registered Www.cashforcoppers.co.uk. Will pay 2.5p per 2p coin or £20 for each warrant card.