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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2585322, member: 12789&quot;]Removing the bronze from cents was more about a noticeable change because of the war - an propagandist example of sacrifice.&nbsp; Not many Americans know, Canada didn&#039;t sacrifice the bronze cent, but did sacrifice the nickel five cent coin in 1942 and 1943 - the replacement was a mixture of bronze called &quot;tombac&quot; that made it a cent coloured coin.&nbsp; It was very unpopular and the RCM replaced it with a 12 sided chrome plated steel coin in 1943.&nbsp; The chrome plated steel coins were actually minted into the early 1950s because of the Korean war.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still find the plated five cent coins in roll searches.&nbsp; I have only ever found one tombac coin from 1942 in circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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