I wonder if anyone at the Mint ever thinks about using Feuchtwanger's composition?
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Are there any historians there? Could this be a possibility for today's coinage? With copper being so expensive & the dollar coins toning so dark, I wonder if they ever gave this a thought.
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<< <i>I just like saying "Feuchtwanger". Come on, all together now:
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It's a shame the first syllable sounds more like "Foicht"
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<< <i>What's in this alloy? >>
Basicly Copper, Nickel, and Zinc. It's pretty much the same alloy as the Jefferson nickel but with a little Zinc thrown in. Since nickel is more expensive than copper there's no savings, and since it is silver in color it's no good for the dollar coin. You would be right back to the quarter confusion that the SBA had.
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<< <i>What's in this alloy? >>
Basicly Copper, Nickel, and Zinc. It's pretty much the same alloy as the Jefferson nickel but with a little Zinc thrown in. Since nickel is more expensive than copper there's no savings, and since it is silver in color it's no good for the dollar coin. You would be right back to the quarter confusion that the SBA had. >>
I always thought it was some variation of "German silver". Am I correct?
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Here ya go:
German-born chemist/inventor Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger developed an alloy known as "argentum" or “German silver” or “Feuchtwanger's metal,” an amalgam consisting of copper, nickel, zinc and tin (but no silver). He petitioned Congress to adopt his alloy as a replacement for the cumbersome copper large cents, but he was unsuccessful. His one cent tokens are reasonably common, but Feuchtwanger three-cent pieces are decidedly more rare. Hard Times token number: HT-268.
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<< <i>They wouldn't use it because it is far too chemically reactive. >>
Actually it was a physical problem. The melting points of zinc and nickel are so far apart that you have a problem with the zinc boiling off while you try to get the nickel to melt. This results in a final alloy that varies in composition from one batch to the next. It was just too difficult at the time to prepare a consistant alloy.