So Europeans were sending 2 euro coins for recycling to China. The kind with two metals, white metal in the center surrounded by a yellow metal ring. To destroy

So Europeans were sending 2 euro coins for recycling to China. The kind with two metals, white metal in the center surrounded by a yellow metal ring. To destroy them first, they just punched out the center inner white metal. Enterprising Chinese recyclers, instead of melting the metals, were putting them back together :) http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/precious-metal-scrapped-euro-coin-scam-costs-bundesbank-millions-a-754238.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/precious-metal-s...