Metal Composition Of Several World Coins

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Mila_cent Pillar of the Community United States 1767 Posts	Posted 05/08/2008 12:09 am Is there a website I can look at to find out what the metal composition is on some coins I have? Thanks, mila_ Edited by Mila_cent 05/08/2008 12:10 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 05/08/2008 12:16 am Krause (books and website) lists the fineness of precious metal coins, but otherwise simply states the name of the alloy used eg. bronze, zinc, billon, virenium, steel etc, without going into detail as to what exactly those words mean for these specific coins, in terms of percentage of various elements. I don't think anyone's compiled a whole-world list of elemental breakdown of coins; you'll have to go on a country-by-country basis. 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
Mila_cent Pillar of the Community United States 1767 Posts	Posted 05/08/2008 12:27 am Thanks Sap I just want to know if any of these 'silver'-colored coins are actually silver. These are the coins in question. 1979 Italy -50 lira 1978 Italy - 100 lire 2000 Ecuador - cinco centavos 1967 Mexico - 50 centavos 1947 Mexico - 10 centavos 1976 Mexico - un peso 1985 Mexico -1$ mila_ Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 05/08/2008 01:03 am From Krause: 1979 Italy -50 lira (stainless steel) 1978 Italy - 100 lire (stainless steel) 2000 Ecuador - cinco centavos (steel) 1967 Mexico - 50 centavos (CuNi) 1946 Mexico - 10 centavos (CuNi) 1976 Mexico - un peso (CuNi) 1985 Mexico -1$ (another stainless coin!) Edited by KurtS 05/08/2008 01:25 am Report this Post to the Staff
Mila_cent Pillar of the Community United States 1767 Posts	Posted 05/08/2008 01:19 am quote: 1947 Mexico - 10 centavos (1947 10c not listed in my Krause) OOps! the year is 1946 not is 1947. Thanks Kurt mila_ Report this Post to the Staff
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