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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 560510, member: 39&quot;]Personally I do not care whether Ag or Cu-Ni is used for such issues. They are not made for circulation anyway but for collectors. And a collector still has the choice: Cu-Ni in a coincard (same size as the silver coins until 2007), or a (larger) silver proof piece at a surcharge. Those who collect coins because of the designs, or because they are interested in the &quot;background&quot; of an issue, can get the coincard version - those who think that the &quot;precious&quot; metal content is decisive can collect other versions.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Germany (Fed. Rep.) the government went from Ag to Cu-Ni for the special 5 DM issues about 30 years ago, in late 1979. Without offering a silver version though; even the proof pieces were Cu-Ni. Collectors apparently did not like this much, so in 1987 they started making 10 DM silver issues instead of 5 DM Cu-Ni commems. The current German €10 collector coins are silver too but, unlike &quot;real&quot; euro coins, do not circulate either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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