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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2123715, member: 71723&quot;]Two comments, to accompany my agreement. 1) Keep in mind &quot;nickels&quot; have three times more copper as nickel, and 2) while no one is saying so in so many words, I get the feeling that many here assume that sulfur is the only element to worry about regarding silver. &#039;Taint so! Just because it&#039;s número uno in terms of the tenacity with which it bonds to silver, that does NOT mean silver can&#039;t be affected by other chemicals. Anyone who learned photography before digital cameras instinctively knows there are &quot;gazillions&quot; of ways to tone silver. And each one of them exhibits different &quot;idiosyncrasies&quot;. But..... we blissfully prattle on as if sulfur has an exclusive here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dream on. Interpret everything you see on a silver coin as exclusively sulfur&#039;s work at your own &quot;marketing acceptable&quot; peril.</p><p><br /></p><p>One can dip a copper wire into an acidic bath of sodium thiosulfate with dissolved silver ions in it (known in the photo field as &quot;fixer&quot; and used fixer is loaded with silver) and in a few SECONDS that copper wire will be LOADED with 98%+ pure silver. Doesn&#039;t sound so chemically inert, does it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, regarding the impact of alloying, do you think a U.S. Government contractor can come up with a new Stainless Steel alloy that will have very nearly the full strikability of 75/25 cupronickel, so that Jeffs can be produced without taking a loss on each one or striking up like a 100 Lire? If not, hide and watch. Get used to the idea of calling a U.S. 5-cent coin a &quot;steelie&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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