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[sarah_orange]

ooo 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!!

Comments

[steer.livejournal.com]

Your business plan appears to involve collecting spare change.

This is the same business plan that the people who sit outside Tesco drinking use.

[big-daz.livejournal.com]

Alas, melting down The Queen's currency is illegal, so you'd probably get banged up for it.

[raachi.livejournal.com]

embarrassingly, i not only knew that but have done experiments >_>

[echo-echo.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think somebody has the same idea. There are vending machines in our local supermarket that give a free 'Change exchange'. These machines must cost a bit so there must be money to be made somewhere.

[amber-missy.livejournal.com]

Has anyone else noticed that step 2 seems to be missing...? :P

[(Anonymous)]

Not such a bad plan...

It was the same with sixpences. The old pre war ones were silver and the later ones were nickel or something like that.
Just after decimalisation, my Mum worked in a shop, and a little girl used to come in every day with an old sixpence for sweets. Turned out her Dad was a builder, and had found a box of old sixpences under the floor in a house he was working on. My Mum took the lot off her (over 100 of them). Still has them, and they now sell for about £40 each. Win! :)

[darkstones.livejournal.com]

Not such a bad plan...

It was the same with sixpences. The old pre war ones were silver and the later ones were nickel or something like that.
Just after decimalisation, my Mum worked in a shop, and a little girl used to come in every day with an old sixpence for sweets. Turned out her Dad was a builder, and had found a box of old sixpences under the floor in a house he was working on. My Mum took the lot off her (over 100 of them). Still has them, and they now sell for about £40 each. Win! :)