Copper 20p

[larryoke]

My mate got a copper 20p in his change last week, it is a new 1 with all the same markings as a standard silver one, we did ask a friend who works in a bank & she hasn't seen any, has anybody else come across one?

[RedSpider]

are you quite sure it wasn't just dirty? this makes no sense to me. why on earth would they downgrade a 20 pence piece to a copper and leave 5's and 10's as silver? and why would your bankwenc not know anything about it?
it's either dirty, a reject that avoided detection or a big fat fib

[Meat-Head]

upload a photo or 20. place it on todays newspaper with the date visable

[paul hick]

mmmmmmmmmmoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
can hear the cows from here,i presume its cows i can hear but then again it could be the bulls in the bottom field having a great big shit!

[nara]

My mate got a copper 20p in his change last week, it is a new 1 with all the same markings as a standard silver one, we did ask a friend who works in a bank & she hasn't seen any, has anybody else come across one?

There's no such thing as a silver 20p.

They're made from a cupronickel alloy of 84% copper and 16% nickel. They're only silver in colour.

[larryoke]

Sorry it's not a new one, it's dated 2001 (?) & looks like a new one ie bright & shiny, my mate is gonna send photo's later.
@ RedSpider you may be right as in a reject gone undetected, I did see it yesterday & it is a copper 20p!!

[larryoke]

There's no such thing as a silver 20p.

They're made from a cupronickel alloy of 84% copper and 16% nickel. They're only silver in colour.

I stand corrected but is our coinage not known as copper (1p,2p) & silver (5p,10p,20p.50p)

[nara]

I stand corrected but is our coinage not known as copper (1p,2p) & silver (5p,10p,20p.50p)

These are legacy terms, they don't bear a relationship to the current metal content.

[cactikid]

are rejects quite valiable,maybe worth a bit.

[tshirtman]

it's not one of these is it, there's quite a few on ebay,

20p 24K Gold Plated Coin (Twenty) Collectable 2009 on eBay (end time 11-Jan-11 22:35:37 GMT)

[johnboy1974]

i wonder if the coating has been removed to reveal the copper.

[the man]

There's no such thing as a silver 20p.

They're made from a cupronickel alloy of 84% copper and 16% nickel. They're only silver in colour.

Nara's spot on, all the copper 2ps willl also be scraped for cheaper metals in time.

[Canker_Canison]

They already are. The older coins are non magnetic, newer coins just love those magnets.

[RedSpider]

They already are. The older coins are non magnetic, newer coins just love those magnets.

what? copper coins have been captured by magnets for as long as i can remember.

[Canker_Canison]

Not in my money box.