Apparently favourite items to steal are: cast iron man-hole covers and the odd bronze 'work of art' (if handy). Mind you, some of the newer art needs scrapping!
I read somewhere that in America nickels and cents are now worth more as scrap than as money! Supposedly they are passing laws to prevent them being melted down.
I can also confirm the removals of iron railings, Liverpool was full of walls with stumps of iron popping out (my childhood home)
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