Tony Finch – blog
I have an earthenware pot into which I dump my small change: any coins worth less than 50p. (It's like a pot of gold that has suffered hyperinflation.) It was nearly full, so I took the coins to my bank in a very sturdy bag to convert them back to bits. Happily HSBC have a coin counting machine which is free for customers. Here are the results:
| coin | count | value | weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1p (3.56g) | 309 | £ 3.09 | 1100.04g |
| 2p (7.12g) | 163 | £ 3.26 | 1160.56g |
| 5p (3.25g) | 283 | £ 14.15 | 919.75g |
| 10p (6.5g) | 294 | £ 29.40 | 1911.00g |
| 20p (5.0g) | 426 | £ 85.20 | 2130.00g |
| total | 1475 | £135.10 | 7221.35g |
The machine also found US$1.91, NZ$0.50, HK$0.50, and €0.02.