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<p>[QUOTE="larssten, post: 3234828, member: 78319"]Yes, thats right - the alloy was called German Silver - and as I have understood from Wikipedia goes under several names; <b>Nickel silver</b>, <b>Maillechort</b>, <b>German silver</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><b>Argentan</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><b>new silver</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><b>nickel brass</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><b>albata</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a><b>alpacca</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Wiki says usual composition is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Feuchtwanger also used tin (Sn) i think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congress said no to his composition, but I am not sure about the connection to the Flying Eagle and the early date Indian Head Cents until 1864 with 88% Cu and 12% Ni.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="larssten, post: 3234828, member: 78319"]Yes, thats right - the alloy was called German Silver - and as I have understood from Wikipedia goes under several names; [B]Nickel silver[/B], [B]Maillechort[/B], [B]German silver[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1'][1][/URL][B]Argentan[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1'][1][/URL][B]new silver[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-PoM-1'][1][/URL][B]nickel brass[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-2'][2][/URL][B]albata[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-3'][3][/URL][B]alpacca[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] Wiki says usual composition is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Feuchtwanger also used tin (Sn) i think. Congress said no to his composition, but I am not sure about the connection to the Flying Eagle and the early date Indian Head Cents until 1864 with 88% Cu and 12% Ni.[/QUOTE]
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