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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fjrosetti, post: 58640, member: 785&quot;]In minting the 1944 and 1945 V nickels, and again for the regular 5 cent coins of 1951 thru 1954, the RCM used chromium plating on the steel core, and with great success I believe. Those nickels looked great and held up well in circulation over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was chromium plating considered again for the new steel coins? Or has it become too expensive a metal for that? Or perhaps not available in the quantity that the RCM requires? Or even possibly the nickel industry protecting itself as supplier to the RCM?</p><p><br /></p><p>This time, for whatever reason, nickel was selected for the plating on the new steel coins, and I wonder why nickel rather than chromium, as was done on the earlier coins.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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