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Letter: Two-pound trick

Published 12 September 1998

From Ivy Whitehorne

I was interested to read that your new £2 coin seems to be falling apart
(Feedback, 15 August). Interestingly enough, the recently introduced
$2 Canadian coin had similar problems. They seem to have been solved, so
perhaps you should talk to the Canadian mint?

By the way, the coins that fell apart wound up being quite valuable. If you
have any broken coins around, I suggest you keep them.

Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia Canada

Issue no. 2151 published 12 September 1998

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