lil bitta politics...


From the Photoshop money challenge. See all 332 entries (closed)

(dogof2head, Sat 24 May 2008, 10:05, archived)

The metal is worth more than the coin, I seem to remember.

( Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 24 May 2008, 10:08, archived)

Not really
Although this may happen with the one cent piece if metal values continue with their present trend.

In the UK, pre-1992 "coppers" are made of bronze and currently don't exceed their face value.
From 1992 to 1996 they could be made of either bronze or copper-plated steel. The steel ones are unlikely to ever be worth more than their face value either.
From 1996 onwards they are all made of copper-plated steel.

This, incidentally, is why more recent "coppers" are magnetic, but older ones aren't.
( finnbar the occasional acid flashback, Sat 24 May 2008, 11:14, archived)

A fellow numismatist!!
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(I hope)
( Thinker actually likes George Lamb., Sat 24 May 2008, 11:24, archived)

i always wondered why the new ones were magnetic!
hmmm does this mean surgical steel is magnetic too?
( Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Sat 24 May 2008, 11:28, archived)

Yes indeedy
That's why you can't go in an MRI machine if you have any metal implants, I've got four plates in my hand that set off metal detectors
(Cliche Guevara Predicatably revolutionary since, Sat 24 May 2008, 13:03, archived)

I was told that magnetic ones were fakes
...which was probably true once...
(Monsieur Brain Surgery - It's not Rocket Science!, Sat 24 May 2008, 21:29, archived)

It's a Steel
Reminds me of Asimov's Foundation where they used steel currency cos they had shit all resources on Terminus.
(shaurz, Sat 24 May 2008, 23:58, archived)