Why do we still have 2 and 1 pence coins ?

to give to beggars

so**tz can jam vending machines with them

sorry,meant buskers

i cant believe theyre still making them

So that places like McD's can charge something 49 or 99 for everything.

its all a ruse..if people see things that cost £9.99 they think its cheaper than a tenner

people wouldnt get change and tons of stuff for sale has .99p on the end

study ..yeah ,but if they were discontinued these firms couldnt charge 2.99 etc.

another reason in fact to ditch them :)

it is cheaper than a tenner yeeeeeeee imbecileeeee

So the prices of everything can end in .99 or .98

So we can collect them in big empty whisky bottles.

get rid imo

OK ,so shops will charge 2.95 instead , but i'd sooner have a pocketful of 5 pences

in the old days shops went for prices that ended in a 9 so that the staff would have to open the till and give change, making it harder to rob the company.

In 20 years time (or less) there will be no such thing as cash. Everybody will be issued with debit cards.

Should certainly get rid of 2ps.

Poxy things.

Cuttle they said exactly that 20 years ago.

Will not happen in our lifetime.

In 20 years time (or less) there will be no such thing as cash. Everybody will be issued with debit cards.

was behind someone in cafe who paid via card for a kitkat

Give me a break !!

What about a bar of chocolate that costs 32p. If there were no 2 and 1 pence coins,the price would go up to 35p,they would not reduce it to 30p.

surely the time cant be far away when the metal used in making a penny is worth more than the penny itself.
People will end up selling pennies to the local blacksmith for 2p each and 2p pieces for 4p.

anubis7 17 Nov 18:47
What about a bar of chocolate that costs 32p. If there were no 2 and 1 pence coins,the price would go up to 35p,they would not reduce it to 30p.

hear hear

chocolate's already 50p anyway

maybe they should make small notes like postage stamps too :(

anubis7 17 Nov 18:47
What about a bar of chocolate that costs 32p. If there were no 2 and 1 pence coins,the price would go up to 35p,they would not reduce it to 30p.

hear hear

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yeah ,but thats neither here nor there ,could go either way ...some manufacturers would want to round down

what about in 1983 when things were 12and a half pence ...did they round things up or down ?

I think they should keep them because most people put them in the charity collection jars near the till. Charities would lose out if they scrapped the coppers.

dont know the current value of copper but a couple of years back 1/2p coins were worth 50% more than face value, if pre 1992...

There is probably something highly illegal about melting down legal tender.

It wouldn't surprise me if one of those archaic laws applied.

You may be publicly hanged, yet.

why are we moaning about 1p, 2p coins? who really cares? god!

if that's the best thing to moan about then we are lucky!

does it weigh down my pockets? erm no. it never has done, because 5p, 10p and 20p coins made sure of that

actually I have had my pockets annoyingly weighed down by 50p coins cos the shop never had a five pound note, still it was a rarity

the 1p and 2p coins are fine by me, only usually find 2 or 3 in my pocket at the end of each day in which I will empty them into my penny jar, to see the penny jar fill up, it's great to put it in a coinstar machine(cue the people who'll complain that coinstar take 7.99% of your money) and find there's £20!

who gives a fυck?

you petty fυckers

been asking the same question since I was 12yo

2p machines in the arcades, shocking ommission

when were you 12? last year?

They smell bad too and make your hands smell if you handle them too much.

I always put them in the nearest charity box when I get them. Pointless things. We should go the same way as the Euro and have 5p/5c as the lowest denominator.

how is it pointless if charities are benefitting?

nah don't go down the EURO way, look how much they charge for a pint in Euroland........E4.80 in your nearest neighbours.........if it happens to be France, be thankful it's only E11 for 500ml of p!ss poor lager in some parts of Paris

coppers always make me feel rich , even when im skint

surely charities would be better off if they were 5 pences ;)

coachbuster, not sure if most people in the UK would be willing to donate the 5p pieces :)

i wouldnt although 5p's are just as annoying

where does it end ladycakes?

millionaires don't like 10 pences nor twenty pences

let's just leave it at 1p

i liek the paper ones lol

I like 5 pence pieces. They are quite dainty and charming.

We'd have to do away with 4/7- and 8/13-shots, to name but a few. Doubles trebles and accas rounded up to the nearest 5p? :D

Go through typically £1.20 a day in 1s and 2s in my shop. If the 5p became the lowest coin we'd need bags and bags of them.

And if 5p became the lowest common denominator now, then**sports wouldn't be able to take a bet from most punters.

So Northerners can still get paid in cash without having to give change.

For Northerners read ginger hookers. My mistake.

1 & 2 pence pieces are worth more as scrap than their monetary value.
Over £1 in coppers is not legal tender.

6. In the 1980s they did away with half pennies, they would be worth around 2 pence today .

They would still be worth half a pence, imo. Or else the 2p would be worth 8p today and well worth keeping!!

hello

shirley we need to round up goods and services, everyone knows £9.99 is £10! lets loose these filthy coppers..

Jimbo :)

In order to avoid failing a breath test, suck on a 1p or 2p coin.

6. In the 1980s they did away with half pennies, they would be worth around 2 pence today .

They would still be worth half a pence, imo. Or else the 2p would be worth 8p today and well worth keeping!!

Desmond ,stop being obtuse.

You know full well i was talking about equivalent value ;)

He He He!
FWIW coach, I do like collecting em up and then giving a big bag of them to Dessie Jnr to enjoy on the slots at the seaside. Other than that though, I derive no pleasure at all.

To urinate or not to urinate that is the question

FACT 28% of the countries stock of copper coins is in the penny falls machines on the coast.

dk1986 I bet you've modified your coin rack to take the whole £1 bag of 1ps. Tell us how you do it.

what about the .9 of a penny i pay at the petrol station.....need to get rid of those first.