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and lost fourteen real monetary units in the process
whereas, if you'd obtained twenty quids worth of 1971 to 1991 (plus 1998) bronze two pence pieces (500), their mass would be 3,560 grams. bullion bronze is £60/kilo, making a (highly illegal) bronze converted value of £213.60, or a return in raw materials of over 10 times your investment...basic arithmetic fail (spotted by no-one else)
£20 in 2p's is 1,000 coins, so output is £427.20. however that would be for proof or hallmarked ingot.