Much weirdness abounds! Took my magnetic screwdriver out of my pocket whilst doing some work round the house, only to find a pocket full of loose change stuck to the end, all coppers. Since when have our (UK) coppers been ferritic?![]()
Much weirdness abounds! Took my magnetic screwdriver out of my pocket whilst doing some work round the house, only to find a pocket full of loose change stuck to the end, all coppers. Since when have our (UK) coppers been ferritic?![]()
Since about 1992, when the price of copper became such that a penny's worth of copper would be more valuable than an actual penny.
Now UK coppers have a steel core and are just copper plated.
In many countries it's an offence to melt currency down as scrap, for just this reason.
Last edited by JPreston; 09-12-2007 at 06:36 PM. Reason: typo
Originally Posted by Bertrand Russell
Wasnt there some article about how some bloke took a whole lot of pennies down to France and sold them for more than the pennies were worth - as scrap copper.
It wasnt really worth it to take the trip just for that, but it was a mildly interesting read.
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Magnetic Screwdriver! Pocket! Well I'll be damned. Your not from Birmingham are you? I reckon i could get a pretty good gag from that.
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Hmmmmmmmmm
Pretty much the same reason as why £1 are no longer made of gold I guess....
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