zjemller Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 CuNi I've noticed that nickels don't rust. They also are wear resistent. So is CuNi or Ni the best metal for coins. Gold and silver are too soft. Other metals darken easely. So it seems that CuNi is the best metal for coinge. Any toughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 But they're expensive too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 What about stainless steel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 What about stainless steel? expensive. bad for the environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Aluminium FTW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 "Gold and Silver are too soft..." which I don't understand; the softness is what makes the metal more malleable which makes it possible to imprint with such artistic detail and to a much greater level of fineness. By the way, silver is quite tarnish-proof as well, and gold I believe is completely without this flaw??? Gold is like the honey of metals, it will never go bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 "Gold and Silver are too soft..." which I don't understand; the softness is what makes the metal more malleable which makes it possible to imprint with such artistic detail and to a much greater level of fineness.By the way, silver is quite tarnish-proof as well, and gold I believe is completely without this flaw??? Gold is like the honey of metals, it will never go bad! Yep. But the expense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Gold is like the honey of metals, it will never go bad! Well put. For those who don't know, honey is the one and only food that never spoils. I learned that on a cruise ship when my wife dragged me to a trivia contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Well put. For those who don't know, honey is the one and only food that never spoils. I learned that on a cruise ship when my wife dragged me to a trivia contest. Olive oil too. Back to metals, I think the silver ang gold are the best metals for coinage. Thousands years of real experience proved that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 I have silver coins from Roman to Medieval to Georgian to Modern Day and they all seem fine to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Olive oil too. Back to metals, I think the silver ang gold are the best metals for coinage. Thousands years of real experience proved that! And Twinkies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 If only I was more familiar with this exotic vernacular word "twinkies".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numismatic nut Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 If only I was more familiar with this exotic vernacular word "twinkies".... They are small sweet treats with a outside yellow bread and white filling. They happen to put almost every preservative know to man in them too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 mmmmm sounds yummy - delicious e numbers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 They look like a cross between chips and pancakes stuffed with cream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 They look like a cross between chips and pancakes stuffed with cream... More like a creme-filled sponge cake. Perhaps completely devoid of nutritional value other than a sucrose rush, they are a delicious morsel of Americana - the junk food icon, and, believe it or not, they have been around for more than 75 years. I wish I had a couple right now! How Twinkies Work Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 You can have tantalum too! It really looks wierd!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topher Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 More like a creme-filled sponge cake. Perhaps completely devoid of nutritional value other than a sucrose rush, they are a delicious morsel of Americana - the junk food icon, and, believe it or not, they have been around for more than 75 years. I wish I had a couple right now! How Twinkies Work Site They're also good as a defensive strategy in a murder trial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Oh dear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acanthite Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 By the way, silver is quite tarnish-proof as well, and gold I believe is completely without this flaw???Gold is like the honey of metals, it will never go bad! Pure gold is unlikely to go bad, but gold alloyed with other metals (as it often is in coins to strengthen them) will suffer the same chemical reactions as everything else, just less intense. Pure gold CAN be altered as well, but the conditions are difficult to reproduce in surficial temperature and pressure regimes. One place where I would not throw a gold coin is the Champagne Pool, North Island, New Zealand, a hot spring that possess elevated concentrations of dissolved gold and plenty of negatively charged sulfur. The coin's surface would likely be eroded as gold was taken into solution, and end up looking like those silver pieces of eight that come out of shipwrecks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjemller Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 You can have tantalum too! It really looks wierd!!! COOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjemller Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 What happends to Ni and CuNi. Do they tarnish or just loose color? Does anyone have old CuNi coins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 What happends to Ni and CuNi. Do they tarnish or just loose color? Does anyone have old CuNi coins? Both! I'd say tarnish results in a loss of color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 sterling silver with a mirrored background and frosted images sigh.... and brass and CuNi when they are new ofcourse gold also ! in that order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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