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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26112535, member: 86815&quot;]I cannot see coins being popular if they were made in plastic [USER=4373]@gxseries[/USER] because of the association of plastic being a dispensable material albeit probably one of the most important discoveries in our history.</p><p>Many recent British coins feature a bimetal construction with a hologram feature coupled with a legend on the edge which makes them extremely difficult and costly to forge. This does not stop criminals from using the same weight and blank counterfeit coins in vending machines.</p><p><img src="https://coinparade.co.uk/images/onepound/2023%20One%20Pound%20Charles%20III%20Obverse%20RM.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> This is a recent coin, the device below the bust is a hologram.</p><p>By total coincidence I had the good fortune a couple of days ago to receive this book. It arrived via Abe books from Canada a month earlier than their website suggested it would arrive. I couldn&#039;t find a copy in the UK.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1665574[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Having read the book I would recommend it and some of the content was a revelation to me , particularly the recycling of Mediterranean coins by the Celts, copying them and debasing them on the way.</p><p>There is something satisfying about a lump of metal as it can exude value and quality and of course is safe from Computer Hackers on the basis of holding is owning.</p><p>My first encounter of Aluminium coins was in China just after the cultural revolution and I compared some of my Western coins with the Aluminium coins with some Chinese people and the consensus was that ours reflected &quot;proper value&quot; which of course they didn&#039;t.</p><p>As we are no longer tied to precious metals with circulation coins I don&#039;t think it matters what the metal is as long as its durable. In 1965 as a child I was still able to collect Victorian Pennies from my change that were 100 years old and still circulating. I can&#039;t see that permanence with paper or plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an article you may enjoy. See</p><p><a href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1991_BNJ_61_8.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1991_BNJ_61_8.pdf" rel="nofollow">1991_BNJ_61_8.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a field that interests me and the Stuart period is fascinating as it covered experimentation of metals, recycling , debasement and a transition from hammered to milled coinage.</p><p>As an example here is a James II Gun Money Half crown.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://oldcurrencyexchange.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/1689-james-ii-gunmoney-halfcrown-sep-r-above-full-colon-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cast in Brass from Church Bells and Cannon and anything else that could be found to pay the troops with the intention of redeeming them in the future for silver which never happened.</p><p>A fascinating subject.</p><p>I abhor the idea of a cashless society so long may metal coins last.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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