[jambutty]

Just because there is a law against something it doesn’t automatically follow someone will prosecute you if you break it cashman.

Maybe Blythes had the contract with the Bank of England to recover the copper from old copper coins that were no longer fit for circulation.

As for the 1933 penny have a look at http://www.24carat.co.uk/1933pennyframe.html for some interesting facts.

Then there are the coins with a small KN or H adjacent to the date. These were minted by Kings Norton and Heaton mints for the BoE and are worth more than the standard penny but only if in at least good condition.

Up until 1922, I think it was, silver coins like the sixpence, shilling, florin and half crown were 100% silver. After 1922 they were only 50% silver and were made from a nickel alloy from about 1945. Silver coins were milled around the edge to show if someone had scraped the edge for slivers of silver. The milling was also useful for blind people to identify a coin.