Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1723461, member: 12789&quot;]In other words they wanted to avoid the Royal Canadian Mint fiascos, ie the Tombac 5 cent coin of 1942-3, the chrome plated steel 5 cents that were issued into the early 1950s along with the regular nickel coins, and then going from .800 fine silver to .500 fine silver in 1967-8 and eliminating silver altogether in 1968 and having .800 and .500 coins issued in 1967, and then .500 and pure nickel coins issued in 1968.&nbsp; The RCM was still playing around with copper plated zinc cents and regular cupro-nickel 5 cent coins all the while striking the copper plated rolled steel cents and the nickel plated rolled steel 5 cent coins up until last year.&nbsp; It is a lot easier for the population and especially vending machine operators to have consistency with coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in