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"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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 United States
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Yet we've been issuing the same metal in coinage since the 1860's.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yet we've been issuing the same metal in coinage since the 1860's. And see what it is causing. Any of our coins keep making it so they are worth less and less. It must be the Metal.  Used to be a saying that money burns a hole in my pocket and now I see how this is possible. It's the metal. |
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 Canada
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Nickel is the trendy allergen of this decade.Some countries such as Sweden have already banned nickle plated coins and the fear is spreading.I think that those who collect pre 1982 Canadian nickels for bullion value may well have to call in a hazmat team to remove their stash well before their dreams of riches are realized.
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Australia
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interesting article:
"One in ten women and 2 per cent of men are allergic to nickel. ...
the Swedish Riksbank recently reviewed its coinage and concluded that nickel-plated coins pose unacceptable risks to health. Indeed, it will not include nickel containing alloys in its coinage. ..."
Australian coins, most of them, are 75% copper 25% nickel - as circulated since 1966;
$1 and $2 coins are 92% copper 6% aluminium 2% nickel;
but I can't say that I've ever heard of any "nickel allergy" or "nickel poisonning" arising from any cause.
I wonder what these new British coins are composed of ?
And has anyone got sick since January ?
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I wonder what these new British coins are composed of ? The new British coin composition, for 5p and 10p coins, is nickel-plated steel - the same as used in Canada, New Zealand and dozens of other countries. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Yet we've been issuing the same metal in coinage since the 1860's. There may be a difference between our cupro-nickel and 100% pure nickel (and nickel plating). I have a friend whose daughter has a nickel allergy. She has no problem handling change, but anything nickel or nickel plated will cause a serious rash. |
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Australia
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Who is going to market the first HAZMAT suit specially designed for coin roll hunters?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Our high school had "no latex" signs on every door because one kid was deathly allergic.
Inconvenience 3000 people for one kid, who could be taught at home.
Wonder what's gonna happen when he takes his nice shiny diploma and applies for a job at a condom factory, or even a supermarket?
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What is kind of strange about the Scotsman article is what they say about the Swedish central bank's position. Currently there are three denominations in use in Sweden ...
1 krona - Cu75 Ni25
5 kronor - three-layer composition: middle layer pure nickel; outer layers (93% of the toal weight) Cu75 Ni25
10 kronor - Nordic Gold (Cu89 Al05 Zn05 Sn01)
(Nordic Gold is also used for the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins in the euro area for example.)
No nickel? Ha. Granted, the new series - which will probably be issued in 2015 - will be nickel free:
1 kr - Fe, Cu-plated
2 kr - Fe, Cu-plated
5 kr - Nordic Gold
10 kr - Nordic Gold
But again, that is the future, certainly not the present ...
Christian
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04/28/2012 08:58 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I guess it is all possible but so far I've never heard of women being alergic to money of any kind. Possibly pure Nickel but not in our money. |
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United States
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Screw it, make coins out of spent uranium, and then it can be re-spent. - So hard, it'll last hundreds of years
- No one will hold it, speeding the economy
- Counterfooters' willies will fall off
- Easy to make change in the dark
- Blind can tell denominations by Geiger counter
- No need for disposal facilities
- Wishing fountains will have 24-hour rainbows and new kinds of goldfish
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Someone needs to point out to these fearmongers that Canada has been using pure nickel coins for over 50 years.
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United States
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So . . . I have a nickel allergy. Can't wear jewelry containing it, once got a very nasty rash when a "sterling silver" watch turned out to be silver-plated with nickel as part of its base (my mom actually had to snap the watch clasp to get it off my wrist). That said? I've never had a problem with US nickels--even holding a handful of them for ten minutes, which was about the amount of time it took for that watch to swell my wrist.
If your allergy to nickel is so severe you can't hold a piece of change for 30 seconds, you have much bigger metal problems than just your money.
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United States
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ninamason, your experience appears to be the same as my friend's daughter.
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United States
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jbuck, I think that's the most common form of the allergy. Sure, you can have a serious or severe allergy to anything (look up "allergy to water britain" on Google and prepare to be shocked), but the majority of people with allergies are not going to have that problem. If we're going to ban everything that can kill or severely hurt a very small amount of people who are allergic then we also need to ban peanut butter, wool, dogs, cats, bees, pretty much every plant in the world . . . . Where do you draw the line?
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