Is that even a word? It isn’t in the dictionary, so I would guess not -but it really should be!

I have a large pile of 2p’s sat in a drinking glass on my desk. It is where I keep all my loose change as I don’t like a wallet full of coins. However, it just fills up and up with 2p’s! Weighing in at exactly double a 1p piece (so no wallet weight advantage), and with most things costing £ k – 0.01 (where k is an integer greater than one) it seems that 2p’s are unnecessary in todays 99p society.

The bright amongst you may spot an apparent contradiction. And perhaps you are right to ask why 2p’s accumulate faster than other coinage when we live in a 99p society? This question can only be answered by way of an example: I go shopping and buy two items at 99p each, and pay with a (useless) £2 coin, thereby getting a 2p piece as change.

This brings me onto my next point. The £2 coin does not weigh twice as much as a £1 coin, and so there is some weight advantage, but I still dislike them. It is an excuse for the cashier at the till to say “sorry, I don’t have any fivers” and hand you four £2 coins (and a 2p, if in the above transaction).

Paper money is where it is at, or perhaps imaginary plastic money if you are a student that isn’t propped up by mummy and daddy on a weekly basis.

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