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Re: Why can't we get rid of 1p, 2p, 5p coins?

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On Wed, 15 May 2019 14:14:27 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
<CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:

>On Wed, 15 May 2019 13:49:19 +0100, David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 15/05/2019 13:07, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>> So you'd also be happy with a 50 tonne jar with 0.000001p coins?  At
>>> some point we have to say it just isn't worth handling such worthless
>>> coins.  It's a long time since 0.5p coins went.  It's high time the next
>>> ones went.
>>
>> Given that a pre-1992 penny is actually worth about a penny for its
>> metal content, I imagine a 0.000001p coin would be worth several orders
>> of magnitude more than its face value.
>>
>> Post 1992 pennies are probably worth around 0.2p, for the metal, being
>> mainly steel.
>
>That doesn't really matter as much as the hassle of dealing with the damn things.  When I go for petrol and give them some £20 notes, I don't want loads of bloody coppers in change.
>
>And think how easy it would be to add things up without the 99p shit on the end of prices!

You'll be wanting decimalization next!

Steve

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