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when I was a boy, the 1964 pennies had unusual tonings right from the start.
They didn't circulate much, as they were withdrawn early in 1966.
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The oe thing that amazes me about copper is that you can have Australian copper coins from 1911 still with amazing lustre on them. Mind you many European & U.S coins from hundreds of years ago can still be found with lustre. I know that it will always amaze me.
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Copper is by far my favourite coin metal because of the so many different and unique ways it can tone.
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just a technicalpoint:
Australian coins were bronze, not copper.
Copper has its qualities, but bronze is less reactive to the environment.
The British switched from copper to bronze in the 1850s; about 60 years after the french.
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The bronze and silver Aussie coins are my favorites  |
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Peter THOMAS Posted - Yesterday : 7:44 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- just a technicalpoint: Australian coins were bronze, not copper. Copper has its qualities, but bronze is less reactive to the environment. The British switched from copper to bronze in the 1850s; about 60 years after the french. You could go even further and call it copper alloy or further still "alpha bronze"  I suppose we call them copper because they look copperish and 97% of the coin is copper..maybe..who know's  |
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97% copper 2.5% zinc 0.5% tin . Still looks like copper to me  |
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 trout, as far as I'm concerned whilst it may technically be bronze I'm sticking to calling them copper |
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It's just copper with a couple of impurities in it. Should be called Stirling Copper  |
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where's the coppers  |
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where's the coppers
On the way to your place mate with the sirens howling |
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would have to grade pretty well with no dents lol
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Ausjack, I've got a big copper (or do we now call it 'bronze'?) tub exactly the same. I'll thank the mother-in-law for that one.
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Posted 02/28/2012 05:42 am
