apparantly they’ve had to start making ‘copper’ coins out of steel because the copper is actualy worth more than the face value of the coins! weird.
one from the vaults….
apparantly they’ve had to start making ‘copper’ coins out of steel because the copper is actualy worth more than the face value of the coins! weird.
What does a penny buy?
US pennies are mostly made of zinc. They started that in… ’82, I think.
a penny buys absolutely bugger all! there are 100 pennies in a pound and one pound is about 50 american cents (i’m not sure how that converts elsewhere) …
you used to get ‘penny sweets’ but now they cost about 2-5p each! pah!
basically a penny is the useless bit of crap they give you back when you buy something