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Bronze New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 07/08/2013 4:26 pm I recently bought a 25th Anniversary World Wildlife Fund coin (Pink Pigeon)on ebay for about six dollars. The seller had it listed as "cupro-nickel", but I'm almost certain that this type of commemorative coin only ran in silver. Does anyone know for certain? Report this Post to the Staff

rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 07/08/2013 4:50 pm and yes there is a cupro coin http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/wo...mSearch=true Report this Post to the Staff
Bronze New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 07/08/2013 5:12 pm Thanks for the welcome. :] I did the magnet test on the coin and there was no pull at all. Can I assume this is not cupro? Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 07/08/2013 5:28 pm I think it's struck in nickel-copper, not pure nickel. Nickel-copper coins are not magnetic. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
Bronze New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 07/08/2013 5:33 pm Darn, I really don't have any other way to check. Eh, either way I mostly bought it because I like the design of the coin anyway, so it's really no problem either way. (Edit: My dad took a cleaning cloth to it, and it came away black. He claims that means it's silver but obviously I wouldn't know one way or another.) Edited by Bronze 07/08/2013 8:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 07/08/2013 9:03 pm The silver coins only come in Proof. For modern Proofs, the easiest way to spot them is to look for the cameo effect: the fields - the flat background areas of the coin - should be mirror-polished, while the devices - the lettering and pictures on the coins - should be frosted and look white and non-reflective. If the pigeons are just as mirror-like as the blank areas around the pigeons, then your coin is the cupronickel uncirculated version, not he silver proof version. Oh, and don't let your Dad get anywhere any more of your coins with that cloth. Polishing ruins coins. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Bronze New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 07/08/2013 9:34 pm I was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to do that. Honestly I'm kind of pleased that it's not silver. Handling mint precious metal coins is like messing around with a museum piece or something. Report this Post to the Staff
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