washers

take 10 2p coins,The ones before they put the steel in them,Put a neat hole in em, Any size you fancy or need,Hey presto you got ten solid copper washers with text and date,I suspect you couldent buy them for anything like 20p in a shop,,

and you could end up in the Tower of London for defacing the Queen's image!

Isn't drilling a hole through an image of the queens head high treason or something like that.

Hi, well at the very least you can get prosecuted for defacing coins of the realm and I wouldn't advise anyone making washers or anything else from them. Not something you want to admit to doing in public.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 11/05/2012 21:55:00

Can't see the point myself. The main reason we use copper washers is to act as a seal when they compress, with all that texture on them from old queenes face they won't seal very well let alone it being illegal to deface a coin of the realm.

J

PS I have heard that £50notes are just the right thickness to set the backlash between Gears 

Edited By JasonB on 11/05/2012 22:22:01

It did occur to me that for anyone who's willing to risk beheading the melting down of coins for casting purposes would be a better option. Pre 1992 "copper" coins are actually made of a particularly tough bronze that at todays prices would cost far more that the face value of the coin. Of course as a loyal subject of our queen I would never consider doing it

What, like putting pennies on the railway line to see them squashed!

Clive

I have been assured that defacing coins is not illegal, unless for some other illegal activity. Old coins are worth more as scrap, which of course is why we have steel now. I often drill to make large washers, the metal is some alloy which is pretty tough and not easy to drill, but cheaper than buying, not including the 15 miles round trip.

I am in process of restoring a 1930 Ford model A car which came from Argentina many years ago, when stripping one of the track rod ends I found that some enterprising gentleman had used one of his countries coins as a packing peice to take up the wear on the ball joint, it appears to be brass.

> What, like putting pennies on the railway line to see them squashed!

Haven't done that since I was 30!

FWIW I have a huge soft spot for the thruppenny bit.

Neil

Edited By Stub Mandrel on 12/05/2012 20:58:23

As i dont want to ofend all of you dedicated patriots who seem to be so concerned about the welfare of her Majesty head on coins of the realm,Perhaps the prospect of drilling a hole through the queens head is a trifle unsettling for your delicate sensabilities,So i have decided that in future when i need to drill a hole in the middle of a coin i will do it from the Tails side which should be kinder, At least she wont see it comming,