Coin metals

[Ætheling]

Here are the most often encountered alloys I could think of (i'm sure there are many more).

[Ætheling]

In order of preference it is; gold, silver and tin for me!

[Art]

Copper, brass, bronze are my favorite coin metals. Silver is my favorite of what are classified as precious metals.

[Ætheling]

I predict that silver and copper are going to win this one! Out of the two I think silver might just pip copper to it by a vote or two, but it'll be close.

[andyg]

My favourite is a brass ring with a copper-nickel centre, now how do I choose that

 

Where are cardboard (fibre) and clay (ceramic)?

The former used for circulation coins in Manchoukuo/Mexico and the latter in Japan.....

[YeOldeCollector]

Where are cardboard (fibre) and clay (ceramic)?

The former used for circulation coins in Manchoukuo/Mexico and the latter in Japan.....

 

They're not here because the topic is based upon 'Coin metals'.

 

 

My favourite has to be silver.

[andyg]

They're not here because the topic is based upon 'Coin metals'.

 

 

ahhh, didn't think of that

 

Mine is silver too really, when I'm not being awkward...

[frank]

Old silver is beautiful. Old copper in excellent condition --like on some of my 17th-c. French jetons-- is one of my favorite colors, deep red/chocolate.

[ScottO]

tin and zinc are horrible, granted they look great in decent grades but horrid when not.

nice copper bronze or silver for me.

[jtryka]

I like gold best, is nordic gold really gold? seems like a misnomer, sincer there isn't any gold in euro 10c, 20c and 50c, though I am getting a 100-euro soon that has gold in it!

[ccg]

Silver, bronze, and copper for me. I like al in BU as well, but didn't pick it since it doesn't look nice when circulated, and also doesn't have any sense of weight to it.

[Ætheling]

My favourite is a brass ring with a copper-nickel centre, now how do I choose that

 

I thought of bi-mets here and that's why I let you choose more than one metal. So Brass and Copper-nickel would give you the answer you need!

[Ætheling]

I like gold best, is nordic gold really gold? seems like a misnomer, sincer there isn't any gold in euro 10c, 20c and 50c, though I am getting a 100-euro soon that has gold in it!

 

Hi Jeff

 

No Nordic gold is not gold at all, I wondered the same when I first came across it, totally a misnomer, trying to make it sound valuable when it's base metal junk. Although that's just my opinion!

[hiho]

There is nothing that compares to old gold or silver. Every other metal, including platinum, pales in my opinion.

[andyg]

Old copper in excellent condition --like on some of my 17th-c. French jetons-- is one of my favorite colors, deep red/chocolate.

 

I agree -

[Sasquatch]

Copper, brass, bronze are my favorite coin metals. Silver is my favorite of what are classified as precious metals.

 

 

I'm with Art.

[thedeadpoint]

How did I miss this!

 

Copper, bronze, silver, gold, nickel in no particular order. Copper fresh off the press is my favorite. Blast white silver or toned silver too. Nickel (and its alloys) looks good too. Gold is a classic but I like the others more.

[bobh]

What coins are made from copper-plated or silver-plated steel???

[gxseries]

Copper plated steel? Lots of countries do that but not silver plated steel. Not from what I know.

 

Personally I like obsure metal like tantalum. Still have to get my hands on niobium but there's a huge range of the anionized color stuff that's going on - not too keen on that.

 

Mexico has struck coins with interesting chemical properties -

 

Stainless steel

16% ~ 18% chromium

0.75% nickel, maximum

0.12% carbon, maximum

1% silicon, maximum

1% manganese, maximum

0.03% sulfur, maximum

0.04% phosphorus, maximum

remaining of iron

 

Now that's neat.

[Dockwalliper]

Canadian cents are now copper plated steel. They sound like tinfoil under my detector.

[ikaros]

Silver, bronze, brass and copper, and the copper-silver-manganese alloy used for wartime Jefferson nickels.

 

*looks up page* Which means I forgot to check 'other' for manganese.

 

Anyway, silver is an obvious choice, bronze and copper likewise, and my brass threepenny bits are some of my favorite coins.

[luke_idk]

Copper

Bronze

Zinc

Acmonital (steel used for Italian pre-Euro coins)

[Finn235]

Always been a fan of the precious metals, as well as copper and nickel, but I honestly have to say that the 40% clad half dollars have the most beautiful ring I have ever heard when you flip one.