scott wrote:
> Did you know, that if you had a ton of old 2 pence pieces (worth 2800 
> pounds), you could melt them down and sell the ton of copper for the 
> going price of 4300 pounds.

HA! I *knew* it! I always thought the metal must be worth more than the 
coin itself... (After all, metal is a pretty expensive material.)

Although... the coins aren't pure copper, are they? Would that affect 
the price?

> Surely something has gone wrong when the things we use to represent the 
> actual money are worth more than the money itself?
> 
> IMO just get rid of the 1p and 2p (also 1 cent and 2 cent in Europe). 
> Didn't this happen in some country already?

That would be... interesting. Especially given that all items sell for 


Ooo, wait... if there were no 1p or 2p coins, it would have to be... 


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