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draggin49 New Member United States 37 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 4:28 pm I have a 5 cent canadian coin from 1942 that looks to be copper. What is this variety? Report this Post to the Staff

fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 4:31 pm I believe it's a Tombac. Report this Post to the Staff
Jerry_B Valued Member Canada 453 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 4:49 pm During World War II, tombac Canadian 5 cent coins were produced so that more nickel could be availed to the war effort. Tombac is an alloy of 88% copper and 12% zinc. Report this Post to the Staff
draggin49 New Member United States 37 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 4:52 pm Awesome, thanks for the info Report this Post to the Staff
CanadianCollector Valued Member Canada 306 Posts	Posted 03/09/2013 9:23 pm Tombac was used in place of nickel from partway through 1942 and all of 1943. (there is a single 1944 tombac error made) Once they circulated they darkened to the colour yours has. When new they were a shiny golden colour like this one. Report this Post to the Staff
Jerry_B Valued Member Canada 453 Posts	Posted 03/09/2013 9:34 pm That's a nice pic of the Victory 5-cent piece, CanadianCollector! On those ones, the dots and dashes around the edge spell out: "We Win When We Work Willingly" in Morse code. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 03/09/2013 11:48 pm Two of my all time favorite coins - even though I am south of the border :) How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
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