£2 Coins

[rosiew]

Morning all. Here is a question for all you brain boxers out there. I have weighed my tin of £2 coins and its 2.36 kilos. Can anyone convert this for me into £'s

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[Marshwarble]

It would depend on the design of the £2 coins how many £s you could convert this to?

[THECORBYLOON]

The £2 coins weigh the same regardless of design, same with the dozens of different £1 and 50p coins in circulation. If there were differences, anything using coins would have to be changed any time there had been

[THECORBYLOON]

a new issue.

[anneasquith]

Oh..... Open the tin and spend the money :-)

[fiction-factory]

Have you had chance to count them now to check?
The Corbyloon- I don't understand why you disagree in principle with the idea of weighing some yourself and I'm not sure why you refer to the weights of other coins. It seems to me to be a good way to do it.
But the comment did make me think that if rosiew hasn't opened the tin it could be other coins or items have contaminated the tin.
Out of interest please let us know the total value of the coins when yo do count them/bank them.

[fiction-factory]

Weighing them yourself also gets round the problem of the scales being inaccurate which can happen with household scales

[THECORBYLOON]

FF I referred to other coins because folk may not know the tuppence is twice the weight of the penny or that the ten pence is twice the weight of the five pence. If you have a tin of 1p and 2p coins for example, as long as you know the weight of a penny it does not matter how many of each you have, you can work out the value from the total weight.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks THECORBYLOON- I agree. I was just pointing out you can also find the weight of a particular coin simply by weighing it (or better still weighing say 10) without having to find a reliable website and use this to work out the total value - even if your weighing machine isn't 100% accurate

[rosiew]

Well I have certainly got your taste buds going folks!!!!. This is the 2nd time that I have saved £2 coins and the last time I had £658. Mr Rosie thought that it did not weigh as much but with all your replies..... he is once again correct. I will be opening the tin in about 4 weeks as we have to have the house re wired so its going towards that. If only I had another 20 kilo's of coins. I will let you know. Thanks for all your replies and have a lovely sunday. x

[sandyRoe]

Are they charging £1666 for the rewiring?

[Hypognosis]

Mark Carney please take note: negligible interest rates encourages people to hoard small change, in lieu of proper savings accounts, forcing the Royal Mint to issue replacements, wasting public money.

Time was, if I had 50 quid in loose change, in the house, I'd be straight to the bank with it!

[RATTER15]

It may be worth opening your tin to check your coins, you may have some rare ones in there. http://blog.postofficeshop.co.uk/change-checker-guest-blog-ultimate-guide-the-top-10-rarest-coins-in-circulation/

[rosiew]

£3800 Is the cost of the re wire. I don't think I would have any rare ones as I started to re save only late last year. Everyone at work knows that I save £2 coins so I get quite a few. Its an ideal way to save for something special.

[granny grump]

I do the same rosie but we bank ours. I think that a lot of people do it and you get a dearth of them and then a glut when people open their 'piggy' banks. I just can't spend them and like you people swap them with me It becomes compulsive

[rosiew]

Thats for sure granny grump. It does become an obsession. When shops are giving me change I always ask for £2 coins. I will definitely post on here when I open the tin!!!!! x