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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 210150, member: 6229&quot;]<font size="3">The United States Nickel (five cents) coin is our longest running coin whose composition today is the same as when the coin was first minted in 1866.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="3">In fact, the composition of 25% nickel and 75% copper was constant except for the Second World War (1942-1945) issues which were produced with a composition of <font face="Verdana"><font size="2">56% copper, <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">35% silver and 9% mangnanese.</font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="3"><br /></font></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font size="3"></font></font></font><b><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Note:</b> </font></b><font face="Times New Roman">There was another constant:</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The United States Nickel always weighed five grams including the WWII 35% silver ones.</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Does anyone know of any other coin minted in 2007, American or other country, whose composition and/or weight has remained constant for a longer period than THE U.S.A. nickel? It would be interesting to know.</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Clinker</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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