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Valued Member
United States
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Does anybody like Aluminum Coins ?   Edited by ARcoins
06/26/2016 11:43 am
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Valued Member
 United States
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Perhaps the aluminum could be put to better use as beer cans ?
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Poland
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Except for the 1974 aluminum cent, of course, and any genuine mint errors... I know there are some German proofs from the early 1920s that command prices in hundreds of euros.
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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There are a few very scarce French aluminium coins such as the 1943 Morlon design 1-franc and the 1952 5-francs, both of which were struck to the homeland designs but for use in Algeria.
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United States
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If you like them, then they're worth collecting.
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Norway
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If you're a type set collector for certain countries, then you have to collect a few. Also a lot of German Notgeld has been struck in this material. Those can be quite rare and quite valuable, as Notgeld is a well-known thing to collect.
Anyway, I prefer aluminium over zinc any time for coins.
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06/26/2016 3:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Nazi Germany produced many aluminum and zinc coins during WW2... Those are certainly collectable lol
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Poland
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Then there are the Hungarian 5 pengo coins of 1943 and 1945.
Not really valuable but rather interesting - and larger than most aluminum coins.
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Norway
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@Child: Not entirely true. German Nazi money is indeed mostly made using zinc, aluminium and aluminium-bronze, but also nickel and even silver are used for coins. Furthermore, unlike the urban legend, it's not at all special or collectible like Notgeld. In fact, over here you will find it in the junk bins, being sold by the pound (or kilo, actually). I have quite a bit of it here, and I haven't paid much for it.
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United States
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Ultra, I meant SOME of the coins are made using Aluminum... Here in the US they are pretty collectable, and just about everyone wants one (history teachers, militaria collectors, basically anyone interested in history).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've got 15 or so of the WWII Vichy French issues, 1fr, with a 2fr and a 50ctes also, all struck on aluminium; most brought back home by my grandfather after the war.
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Australia
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KM#1 British West Africa aluminium 1 /10 Penny 1907 - 8.
Aluminium is a very soft metal, subject to corrosion.
Copper nickel equivalents were also struck, but many more were struck. Aluminium and copper examples side by side in a collection in MS 65 look quite OK !
Find an aluminium example in top condition, and you have a valuable coin !
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United States
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There are lots of interesting aluminium coins out there... Vichy France  Imperial Japan...  and some others...    |
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Australia
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The first impression most people think about aluminum is that they are cheap. A few countries come to mind that used aluminum coins extensively - China, Romania, North Korea and many coins from WWII era. Nowadays you often see them used as alloys. Aluminum coins can be quite scarce depending on the country, era, variety, etc. Here are a couple of examples from my collection that I struggled to find. Was not cheap however they are not something that appear in the market on a regular basis. China Federal Reserve Bank 1943 - 1 fen and 5 fen   There is no official documentation of these coins that I can find yet - the coins seem to suggest that the planchets were sourced from Japan. Whether they were struck in China or Japan - I will still have to find out. While 1943 1 jiao is somewhat common, 1 fen is scarce and 5 fen is truly rare. I believe the last time a 5 fen coin was sold in MS condition, it went well over 4 figures easily. |
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Personally, I think they are all worth collecting. They have there place in our hobby just like any other coin.  Steve  |
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Canada
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Since I collect world by type, they are as collectable as any other. However, and this is a big however, they wear and corrode badly, so for esthetic reasons I pretty much only want them in AU-UNC. Other metals age more gracefully , so a copper or silver even in F-VF can still be quite pleasing.
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