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Has anybody ever tried or succeeded to knock out the centre of a £2 pound coin?
I thought about trying it with one and then using a spellbound move to appear to restore the hole.

Anybody got any other interesting ideas about uses and modifying a £2.

Cheers
Chris

I seem to remember a friend's little brother saying that his mate got one out in metalwork by heating it, sticking it in a vice, placing a centre punch on the centre and hitting it.

i used to make shell coins from a £2/£1 using a lathe but if you made it too thin the silver used to fall out.

I think to get the best results i.e no tool marks on the coin
you are going to have to use up 2 coins
Saw almost through the Brass on both sides of one
then use a vice with soft jaws and padded pliers to snap it out
and then on the other drill out the centre with the biggest bit you
have got then set to work with a round file ( holding it with a vice with soft jaws or two thin strips of wood )

I suppose while the centre is out depending on your metal working skills
you cut split it with a saw and steel shim it for a super fast hole with one of the various magnetic gimmicks on the market

does that make sense or is it any help

Andy

to be honest i dont think it would take that much work leviticus the coins arent all that sturdy (especially early ones).

using a wooden dowel rather than a hole punch(just smaller than the silver bit) and "bang ring" made from a stack of big washers (obviously the silver bit on the coin should be smaller than the hole in the washers) should be sufficient and would leave no marks on either bit.

obviously you have to hit the dowel with a hammer just in case anyone tries this using mental energy or suchlike.

I wonder if you could use a milling machine to reem the centre out?

youd need to make a collar to hold the coin without getting it all scratched/squashed as the edges mark quite easily. I made a collar type of thing by turning out a coin sized recess in a cylinder of aluminium placing a square of polythene i cut from a bag of ratchet straps (it seemed to work dunno why?!?!) over the recess then pressing the coin into it.. it held the coin fairly securely and stopped it spinning (and thus didnt mark the edge of the coin) while i lathed out the centre.

i never actually tried a milling machine cos that was on the other side of the dockyard and i couldnt be arsed walking all the way over just to try it! but i assume you'd still need the collar setup to hold the coin while milling

Oh to work somewhere where all these exciting machines are readily available!

Ah well, I suppose I'll just console myself with nitrous oxide...

the sad thing is i dont actually work there anymore .. just an officemonkey now with no toys

Good job Thatcher's not still in power. She'd have found a way of making toolshops illegal by now and making everyone take a cheap McJob instead.

Oooh, bit of politics there! Wedgie Benn for PM!