1945 Tombac...where Are They? - Coin Community Forum

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DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9862 Posts	Posted 04/19/2014 01:36 am Quote: ....nickel's importance in the production of war materials demanded the development of another metal for coinage. Tombac, a kind of brass, was chosen as the replacement and was used until 1946. Found here on the Mint's website. http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/learn....U1HFQ3mPKM8 This and other equally laughable misinformation have been bothering me for a while. Are any other countries mint's websites so poorly researched? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 04/19/2014 01:37 am Report this Post to the Staff

1945V Valued Member Canada 386 Posts	Posted 04/19/2014 09:37 am I am shocked to see a glaringly mistake like that. It is obvious that someone with a numismatic background did not proofread the RCM web content. Edited by 1945V 04/19/2014 09:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
dialog_gvf Pillar of the Community Canada 1581 Posts	Posted 04/19/2014 2:54 pm If you read the technical specs, they did get those right. So the error is in using the replacement of nickel date range (until 1946) as the use of tombac range. So, some writer didn't read the specs correctly. What ... a ... shock. 1942 - 1943 Composition: 88% copper, 12% zinc (tombac) Weight (g): 4.54 Diameter (mm): 21.21 Thickness (mm): 1.7 1944 - 1945 Composition: chrome plated steel Weight (g): 4.54 Diameter (mm): 21.21 Thickness (mm): 1.7 Report this Post to the Staff
bibd Pillar of the Community Canada 838 Posts	Posted 04/23/2014 11:10 pm Nobody knows our coins better than the collecting community. (This includes the makers of the coins.) Report this Post to the Staff
nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 04/23/2014 11:31 pm Many countries' mints do not even have websites. We are lucky that they even made the effort to create this page. Report this Post to the Staff
DEVLEC Pillar of the Community Canada 3234 Posts	Posted 04/24/2014 09:31 am Our tax dollars at work........more or less.. Report this Post to the Staff
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