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Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 ($a303,500)
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You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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1 Lunch with Sir Roger Moore and Terry Wogan
Charity Auction for Children In Need. Photo: Allan Warren. for £75 thousand ($a608,100) from source -
1 Question in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand ($a16,220) from wikipedia -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 ($a706.90) from source -
1 thousand UK Black-and-White Television Licenses
1 Year black-and-white television license, 2011 for £49 ($a397.30) from bbc -
2 thousand Coilhouse magazines
Futurist and alternative culture magazine for US$15 ($a79.29) from source