Investment & Investing

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...

I don't keep 1s and 2s. I throw them at children from the office window.
So, breaking even on a bullshit limited edition £20 coin purchase is still better value (and legal). Keep trying though. :)