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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3843032, member: 101855&quot;]This sort of collecting has existed for many years. The Civil War era coins are quite popular, expecially the Union gold pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a World War II cent set that I bought at a show many years ago. The Wayte Raymond holder dates from the late 1940s to early 1950s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019704[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1019705[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are not familiar with the history, the U.S. issued the standard bronze cents at the beginning of the war for the U.S. in 1942. Copper was a strategic war material so the mint switched to steel with a zinc coating in 1943. The public hated the steel cents so in 1944 and &#039;45 the mint used metal recovered from old war shell casings. The color was slightly different, but no one cared. It didn&#039;t make much difference once the coins turn brown in circulation. In 1946, the standard alloy returned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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