> currently the old 2p coins

What, they might change soon? ;-)

> contain about 3p worth  of copper, would it be worth the cost of stripping 
> it off the steel?

Hmm Wikipedia says that the old 2p coins were pure Bronze, the new ones are 
Bronze plated steel.  And apparently Bronze used for coins is about 95% 
copper, 5% tin.  So I think the old coins you could just melt down and sell 
to someone as 95% pure copper, or maybe go about purifying it if it was 
economically viable.  The new ones I doubt you'd get enough copper off to 
cover the cost of the coin.

> Oh  and the Mint also reminds people that tampering with coinage is 
> illegal  (technically I think it's treason as you're tampering with an 
> image of the  monarch)

Also I suspect it's because the coins aren't yours to tamper with in the 
first place.

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