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HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,438 ✭✭✭
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for some reason I just can't stand the feel of an aluminum based coin, no matter what the design.

ironically, I think aluminum bronze is ultra-pretty, but I can't stand the "feel"


just had to get that off my chest.

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    AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    I quite agree. Aluminum based coins DO feel crummy. I also dislike most of the modern bimetallic coins, not necessarily for the "feel" factor, but because they just look "cheap", if that makes any sense.
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    JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭
    same
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    theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    White metal. From the time it is minted, it deteriorates to a black crust and it is irreversable.image
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    farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    Zinc
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    pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    aluminum
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    rwyarmchrwyarmch Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭✭
    Thought it would be neat to have something in lead. Wrong, it's annoying!

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    BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭


    << <i>I also dislike most of the modern bimetallic coins, not necessarily for the "feel" factor, but because they just look "cheap", if that makes any sense. >>




    I've always thought that as well.
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    BjornBjorn Posts: 529 ✭✭✭
    Zinc and steel are the worst in my opinion. Zinc actually can look nice when glossy and new but it almost always corrodes, with white powdery lumps all over the coin - nasty! Steel seems prone to really low relief, poorly struck designs.
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    sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    I agree with the posters above except in the case of bimetallic coins. I love the Canadian two dollar coin.
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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,125 ✭✭✭✭✭
    zinc

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    goossengoossen Posts: 492 ✭✭
    Zinc... to make worst here in Paraguay we have a very humid weather.
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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,539 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Iron...

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    coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Gold. I can't photograph it worth sh*t...
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    MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭


    << <i>Gold. I can't photograph it worth sh*t... >>



    Gold sucks to photograph I have a Irish gold proof 20 euros I am not in a hurry to shoot. This is how my gold coins turn out:
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    As far as what metals annoy me? Aluminum based coins the feel like plastic.
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    wybritwybrit Posts: 6,953 ✭✭✭
    Aluminium (as they say in Britain) and zinc both stink.
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    ColquhounColquhoun Posts: 545 ✭
    zinc, worst metal for a coin that has ever been used in a coin.

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    yee002yee002 Posts: 9
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    yee002yee002 Posts: 9
    Copper, Leaves an odor on the fingers.
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    RareSovRareSov Posts: 299 ✭
    Anything other than gold. image
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    rec78rec78 Posts: 5,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Aluminum--your are right, they don't feel right--probably because they are too light to seem like real coins. White metal is not great either although i don't know if coins were ever made from it--some medals were.
    Coins made from billon are bad also IMO.
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    bosoxbosox Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭✭
    Zinc can be nice. The top two below are zinc coins.

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    SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have three metals I dislike in coinage. In order:

    1. "Pearl Black", the high-zinc alloy the Pobjoy Mint used to make those "penny black" coins for Gibraltar and Isle of Man in 1990. It's supposed to look glossy black, but the stuff has a tendency to turn really nasty in the couple of decades since it's usage.

    2. Anodized niobium. It's becoming more and more popular. The mint can make it turn all kinds of funky colours: yellow, green, blue, purple, you name it, you can get it. Talk about tacky. If I wanted pretty colours, I'd collect fluoro highlighters.

    3. Zinc. Cheap and nasty, with an emphasis on the nasty if it's left exposed to air for any length of time.
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    sturmgrenadiersturmgrenadier Posts: 158
    1. "Pearl Black", the high-zinc alloy the Pobjoy Mint used to make those "penny black" coins for Gibraltar and Isle of Man in 1990. It's supposed to look glossy black, but the stuff has a tendency to turn really nasty in the couple of decades since it's usage.

    Yes, I bought a Gibraltar coin partially made out of the so-called "Pearl Black." When I bought the coin, it was very attractive, having a nice design. In short time, though, the black coloring started to literally OOZE [sic]. Picture a woman having a bad mascara day- running and smearing. That's basically what happened all around the rim of my coin.
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    cladkingcladking Posts: 28,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Zinc!

    It's OK for collectors but it's horrible for users as well as infants and pets.

    Copper plated zinc is nearly worse. (and it might not be at all good for collectors)
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    ccrdragonccrdragon Posts: 2,697
    aluminum is about the only coin metal that i dislike
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll take aluminum over zinc or iron anyday.

    The Germans produced some horrible zinc and iron coins during both world wars.

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    DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭✭
    ZINC!!

    Do you know how hard it is to find a decent copy of the Netherlands 25 cent "Viking Ship" coin (KM #174) from the 1940's?

    I just fell in love with that coin, but my few copies are of such poor quality I could cry!

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    tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    Zinc here too.

    But nickel is also annoying in that it often has weak strikes combined with a dark reflectiveness (not sure how to describe it). Some people are allergic to nickel as well (not I tho).
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