And lo on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:04:21 +0100, scott <sco### [at] scottcom> did  
spake, saying:

>> currently the old 2p coins
>
> What, they might change soon? ;-)

Heck if the price increases I'd expect the Mint to recall them all so they  
can melt them down.

>> 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.

You're right, my mangling.

>> 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.

No they're the monarch's.

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Phil Cook

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