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DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 06/26/2013 8:56 pm In 1998 The Royal Mint say they struck some 2p coins in bronze for a few months - I was wondering does anyone know the full details of why this happened ? Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 06/27/2013 10:43 am Some very interesting patterns to be seen in this link! The Royal Australian Mint have quite often used old pattern designs and issued then as NCLT items in later years. Report this Post to the Staff
andyg Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1324 Posts	Posted 06/27/2013 2:03 pm I believe it was to do with producing blanks for the new Euro coins. Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 06/27/2013 6:03 pm Euro coins , I dont quite get the connection - could you please shed more light ? Report this Post to the Staff
andyg Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1324 Posts	Posted 06/27/2013 6:18 pm A few little places on the continent introduced the Euro in 2002 - for this they required vast quantities of bronze plated steel blanks to turn into 1, 2 or 5 euro cents. Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 08/16/2013 4:08 pm I stumbled upon the answer to my question tucked away in The Royal Mint museum apparently => In consequence of a temporary shortage in plating capacity, The Royal Mint struck 2p coins in bronze as well as in copper-plated steel. http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/c...n/index.html Report this Post to the Staff
andyg Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1324 Posts	Posted 08/16/2013 7:50 pm funny, they gave the same answer as I did :) The shortage in capacity was due to the requirement of filling an order for blanks of bronze plated euro cents. Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 08/18/2013 3:02 pm Do you know who had ordered the bronze plated blanks ? Report this Post to the Staff
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