2p’s

[Skyfiller]

I bought this when I was 16 and in the 28 years I’ve had it must of had 10’s of thousands of 2p through it. I’ve always kept an eye out for different or non uk ones and amazingly I’ve only ever come across 6! Do you think the lack of foreign muck is because people just don’t cross borders with coppers in their pockets or because there are just so many 2p’s in circulation that they are just so diluted. Compare these to euros passed in place as pound coins which must have already happened twice this year to me.

[SidS]

I remember in the early 1990s that 'coppers' were frequently substituted by foreign/old coins.

Farthings, half pennies, Lincoln cents, Channel Island/Gibraltar pennies etc. Were fairly common occurrences.

These days they are much less common. I believe this is not because people don't cross borders with coppers, but simply the effect of inflation. Coppers don't buy what they used to.

Edited February 18, 2023 by SidS