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May. 9th, 2008 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarah_orangeooo I'm prolific today. or bored. you decide.
anyway...
I've just discovered (although it turns out that at least one person in the office knew this anyway) that 'copper' coins made after a certain date aren't really solid copper at all - 1ps and 2ps after the early 1990s respond to magnets. apparently this is because there would be more than 1p worth of copper in a one pence piece so they're now steel with a copper coating. I feel cheated. but also I feel my first million dollars coming on as I carefully swap all new 1ps and 2ps for old ones, melt them down and sell them at a profit.
*writes business plan*
step 1
collect old pennies
step 3
PROFIT!!
anyway...
I've just discovered (although it turns out that at least one person in the office knew this anyway) that 'copper' coins made after a certain date aren't really solid copper at all - 1ps and 2ps after the early 1990s respond to magnets. apparently this is because there would be more than 1p worth of copper in a one pence piece so they're now steel with a copper coating. I feel cheated. but also I feel my first million dollars coming on as I carefully swap all new 1ps and 2ps for old ones, melt them down and sell them at a profit.
*writes business plan*
step 1
collect old pennies
step 3
PROFIT!!
