On 22/08/2012 22:36, dennis@home wrote:


"SteveW" wrote in message
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I think that it is no longer illegal to do so. Hence the appearance of
those machines at various museums and the like, where you pay 50p to
squeeze a 1p or 2p coin between rollers and elongate it.

I don't think they do.
1p and 2p coins have been plated steel these days and that would be
quite hard.
However I have never taken one apart.

They definitely do - the kids love them.

SteveW