Copper coins milled edges? Have they ever been made anywhere? What about copper colored? Any other interesting metals to be milled besides silver, gold, and silver/gold-colored combos of base-metal? ~
Yes, there are too many out there. I'll post some photos when I have the time. Netted copper edges, lettered edges, funky edges etc can be there: Of course, nothing beats the edge design of this massive copper "coin" ever produced....
If you want something huge, this is the heaviest 5 kopek I have: At 76.4grams, it's easily exceeding the average of 52grams or something. Most of the overweighted coins I have seen are at over 60grams, but none over 70grams. What's yours Jhonn? I'm always interested to find one that's heavier than what I have. And that's a super thick 5.5-6mm coin. Of course I know several forum members here own several Swedish copper plates Now those are supposed for chopping boards.
Hmm, I'll have to weigh mine. I have a feeling it's around the average. It just barely fits into a plastic flip, at any rate.
"Milled" coins are those produced by stamping machines, so the odds are pretty high that you have some milled copper in your pocket right now. Do you have any of the 100s of billions of US cents minted in copper?
Sorry about that Thank you for pointing this out to me. I thought 'milled' only referred to a kind of edge. I have changed the title to reflect what you've said thanks.:thumb:
If you mean the type of edge on most modern US coins other then the cent and nickle, it's called "reeding" or a "reeded edge"; and yes, it has been used for copper - or more precisely the copper alloy known as bronze- including the Japanese ¥10 dated Showa 26-33 (1951-58)
