The British two pence coin

Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin’s introduction in 1971, the year British currency was decimalised.

The two pence coin was originally minted from bronze, but since 1992 it has been minted in copper-plated steel due to the increasing price of metal.

May 2006 the pre-1992 (97% copper) coins contained 3p worth of copper each.

May 2006, about 2,551 million such coins remained in circulation. However, The Royal Mint warned that tampering with coinage is illegal in the UK.

As of March 2013 there were an estimated 6,600 million 2p coins in circulation with an estimated face value of £131.987 million

Some education for this cold wet Friday night, may you all look at a Two Pence piece differently.....