Copper coins are "a historical anomaly", and eventually they will go. We will miss our coppers, said Matthew Lynn in The Spectator. Many people still rely on cash payments.

While 30 million 1p coins were minted in 2022, none have been produced in 2023, and the last 2p coins were made in 2021. For comparison, more than a billion pennies were minted in 2000.

An expert has urged people to “flip” over their 2p coins to check for a specific phrase. Spotting coins with this wording could make them worth an impressive £1,000 - or even more.