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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3235645, member: 66&quot;]I checked the documents I&#039;ve transcribed&nbsp; for references to the Feuchtwanger composition and I didn&#039;t find the reason why it was rejected.&nbsp; I have Feuchtwanger&#039;s proposal, and I have questions from the Mint Director in reference to the alloy, but no answers to those questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though I don&#039;t have the actual document, my understanding&nbsp; was that examination of samples of the metal for Feuchtwanger showed and unacceptable variation in the actual composition.&nbsp; Also there was the problem that there was no source of nickel in the US at the time so the government would be dependent on a foreign source for the metal for our coinage. (Nickel production in the US didn&#039;t begin until 1852 or 53.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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