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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2123803, member: 112&quot;]There are exceptions to everything, like the war cents, but in general I was talking about copper, silver, and gold for those are, or rather were, our primary coinage metals, before 1965 anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, a copper nickel alloy was used for nickels once they came along, but as mentioned the proportions of the alloy kinda changes things. That&#039;s where your last sentence comes into play. For even once the nickel alloy did come into play, our copper coins still toned a whole lot faster than any of the nickels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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