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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 04-13-2009, 12:59 PM   #1 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: TRIVIA: Steel Coins You know the U.S. struck Zinc Coated Steel cents in 1943 because copper was needed for our World War II effort, but do you know there were other zinc Coated Steel coins minted by other countries during World War II? Do you know one of those "other" coins was struck by the U.S. Mint by mistake? During the Allied Occupation of Belgium, the U.S. Mint struck 2 Francs coins for Belgium dated 1944. The first of this issue were struck on 1943 U.S. Cent blanks. During 1944 The U.S. Mint agreed to strike a smaller coin (25 cents) for The Netherlands. As the saying goes, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray," a number of Belgium 2 Francs were struck on those Netherlands 25 cents blanks. You know what the 1943 U.S.A. One Cent coins look like, but may have never seen a Belgium 1944 2 Francs zinc Coated Steel coin. Here's a look courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery: http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...ium%20km%20133 Thought you'd like to know, Clinker Last edited by Clinker; 04-15-2009 at 04:42 PM. Reason: error correction   04-13-2009, 01:46 PM   #2 (permalink) coinman0456 Coin Collector     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 1,426 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks for sharing. Great trivia. __________________   04-13-2009, 01:59 PM   #3 (permalink) commidaddy Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 377 My Mood: . __________________ Oh Well. Jarrid Last edited by commidaddy; 04-18-2009 at 08:03 PM.   04-13-2009, 02:26 PM   #4 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To coinman0456: Quote: Originally Posted by coinman0456 Thanks for sharing. Great trivia. Thqnk YOU for reading and commenting! Clinker   04-13-2009, 02:30 PM   #5 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To commidaddy: Quote: Originally Posted by commidaddy wow interesting A big T h a n k s to you for commenting, reading AND...for nominating as "Post of the Week... Clinker   04-13-2009, 03:46 PM   #6 (permalink) PennyGuy Ones and Twos     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jackson MI Posts: 1,334 My Mood: Clinker Fascinating.....First thing I did was to check the miscellaneous coins my father brought back with him after service in WW II. It's great to have some history behind these coins. Nice Work! Here are the two I have: Attached Thumbnails       04-13-2009, 04:35 PM   #7 (permalink) TheNoost huldufolk     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,281 My Mood: Another great Clinker trivia! Thank you. __________________   04-13-2009, 04:43 PM   #8 (permalink) byrd740 Numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,535 My Mood: Wow Thanks. I actually had one about six months ago but I gave it to a great friend of mine that admired it. __________________ Chase A Byrd Coin Collection | www.byrdecoins.tk Member of the ANA, GNA, RCNA and WINSociety Never, Never, Never Quit ~ Winston Churchill   04-13-2009, 05:19 PM   #9 (permalink) raider34 Morgans Morgans Morgans     Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New York Posts: 3,012 My Mood: Very interesting, Thanks for the info Clinker!   04-13-2009, 07:41 PM   #10 (permalink) CamaroDMD Dental Student     Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,374 My Mood: Great trivia, Thanks Clinker!!! __________________ The Truth About "O" Mint Morgan Dollars   04-14-2009, 10:34 AM   #11 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To PennyGuy: Quote: Originally Posted by PennyGuy Clinker Fascinating.....First thing I did was to check the miscellaneous coins my father brought back with him after service in WW II. It's great to have some history behind these coins. Nice Work! Here are the two I have: Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing the photos...AND the nomination... Clinker Last edited by Clinker; 04-14-2009 at 10:37 AM. Reason: more info   04-14-2009, 10:44 AM   #12 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To: TheNoost... byrd740... raider34... CamaroDMD... Thanks for reading, comment and a special "THANKS" for nominating this Trivia as Post of the Week... Clinker   04-14-2009, 06:14 PM   #13 (permalink) Just Carl Numismatist   Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,472 Thanks for that info. Having about 30 to 40 rolls of those 43 cents (pennies) I always read any posts about them. Ever notice how people Chome, Tin, Zinc, Copper and even Silver plate them? So far I've never seen a Gold plated one.   04-14-2009, 07:21 PM   #14 (permalink) the_man12 Amateur Photographer     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,955 My Mood: Nice post! I never knew that! __________________ 20th Century Uncirculated Whitman Type Set Folder: 32/37 (86.5%)   04-14-2009, 07:30 PM   #15 (permalink) coop Senior Member     Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 285 My Mood: The only correction I see with the original post is that the Steel Cents replace the copper for the war effort, not Nickel. Nickels were replaced by the silver nickels of the war era with the larger mint mark over the Monticello. __________________ Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.   Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Tags teel Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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