>> 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.
>
>  Do you have any reference for this?

I googled the weight of a 2p coin, then googled the current copper prices, 
and did the sums.  But as already pointed out, recent coins in the UK are 
actually made from copper plated steel, which I assume is worth considerably 
less.

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