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Collecting Coins By Different Types Of Elements

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 Posted 06/23/2012  12:35 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Anyone else collects coins by different types of metal?

I'm trying to assemble coins struck in different elements - missing titanium, manganese, zinc (should be easy - not looking at US penny because it's copper plated), niobium, lead. About to finish compiling a website that illustrates different kinds of metals in my collection.

It does look quite neat.

Some unusual ones:

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 Posted 06/23/2012  1:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Litotes to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice! I am impressed you have antimony. I have a little elements collection on the side myself, but it has probably reached its course - the only ones I miss (that I know if) are too expensive for me to comtemplate. Unless manganese or niobium should be attainable. I have never seen a manganese or niobium coin, so any tips as to where they are found would be appreciated.

If you want an easy zink coin, PM me your address and you will receive a Norwegian one in the mail, free of charge. They are very common here - WW2 coinage. Can't help you with the others, though. I only have one lead and one titanium.
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 Posted 06/23/2012  1:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A long time ago I read on thd PCGS web site forum that someone did something like that. Since he was in a chemical job, he had access to a large quantity of material. Not all were coins though
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 Posted 06/23/2012  1:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
U.S. War Nickels have manganese...

Monticello Wartime Planchets (1942-1945)




Content:
56% Copper 35% Silver 9% Manganese

Weight:
5 grams

Diameter:
21.2 millimeters

Edge:
Plain

Designer:
Felix Schlag
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Litotes - I would like the zinc coin. Will post something in return.

Manganese should be obtainable if you aren't hunting down the Polish lodz ghetto coin. I am certain that it cannot be a pure manganese coin beacuse it's highly reactive to air. Must be some kind of alloy. The other type that I know are the Indian coins struck in the early 60s which are struck in aluminum-manganese alloy. About 4% according to this site: http://india-coin.blogspot.com.au/p...details.html

Niobium isn't that hard either - it's just the price. Austrian Mint has struck with silver + niobium core.

Just out of curosity, what is the lead coin that I have? I know I can possibly count counterfeit lead coin as one but I am not aware of coins offically struck in lead.
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Here's a way to cheat. Where else can you find a coin struck in gadolinium?
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When you are done with metals you can enlarge that collecting theme to all materials. Like money made from ceramic, plastic, glass, paper, bones, wood, leather, diff. rocks etc... Many of these would be primitive, emergency or token coinage so it will require well made definitions before attempting this kind of thing.
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 Posted 06/24/2012  03:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Litotes to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Just out of curosity, what is the lead coin that I have? I know I can possibly count counterfeit lead coin as one but I am not aware of coins offically struck in lead.


gxseries, I suppose you meant "you" instead of "I" My lead coin is from the Danish Indian territory of Tranqebar. 1 kas n.y. minted under Christian V (1670-99). They minted lead coins throughout the 1600s. Many of them are rare, but a couple of them shouldn't be too difficult. I got mine for approx. $20 some years ago.

Thank you for the information about manganese and niobium coins!
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Special thanks to Litotes - finally obtain some interesting Norwegian zinc coins. Found some nickel coins to photograph and it should look quite sweet. Probably obtain other exotic coins along the way as well.
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