Posted in News Is this the end of 1p and 2p coins? Royal Mint abandons around £4million worth of copper coins in warehouses across the UK as Treasury officials consider scrapping coppers altogether August 26, 2024 Roughly 260 million excess 1p and 2p coins are sitting in cash centres, outnumbering those currently in circulation. The volume of these surplus coins is enough to fill more than 2,000 cages. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13779165/Royal-Mint-abandons-copper-coins-warehouses-UK.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490