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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!!

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You sure it's free? There's a "CoinStar" machine in ASDA that counts change and prints a slip you take to the checkouts to convert into useful money, but it charges 7.5% for the privilige. I save up copper change in a tin and take it to be counted when full, with 1s and 2s I'm not bothered about the 7.5% as the convenience is worth it.

I keep my silver and pound coins in another tin though, and count those by hand - there's usually over £100 quid in it, rather than the $15 or so that the copper one accumulates.

Most of the silver and pound ones end up getting spent down The Subculture anyway, so perhaps I am secretly financing the Orange Ninja Copper Magnate busines plan by stealth?