1994 Penny Struck In Aluminium Brass

[ChKy]

Hi Folks!

I purchased a 1994 Penny struck in Aluminum brass from DNW last year. The Royal Mint confirmes that it is genuine.

[ChKy]

Well... the specifications are:

Weight: around 3.99 Gramm

Diameter: around 20.02 mm

Thickness: variable 1.54-1.98 mm

Does anybody of have an idea what kind of blank was used in that case?

[Peckris]

What is aluminium bronze?

[ChKy]

A mixture of Copper, Nickel & Aluminium...

[Peckris]

unlikely combination! I think an alloy like that should have its own name. Calling it 'bronze' is a total lie really.

[ChKy]

The name is: Bronzital

But that one is Not commonly used I guess ;-)

[ChKy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_bronze

Just copy and paste that link into your browser.

[TomGoodheart]

Several French coins used to be struck in Aluminium Bronze. And the current "Nordic Gold" used for mid size Euro coins is a variant. Trouble is, lots of coins are made of the stuff. A list of coins the Mint makes for other countries and their specifications would have been useful.

In the meantime: http://colnect.com/en/coins/countries/composition/30-Aluminium_Bronze if it helps at all.

[scottishmoney]

To narrow down what the intended coin was you would have to get an accurate weight of the piece and find out what the BRM was striking at that time.

[Gary1000]

unlikely combination! I think an alloy like that should have its own name. Calling it 'bronze' is a total lie really.

It's what the good old 3d was made of.

[Hello17]

that's an interesting coin

[Peckris]

unlikely combination! I think an alloy like that should have its own name. Calling it 'bronze' is a total lie really.

It's what the good old 3d was made of.

I thought that was brass? They were called 'brass threepences'!

[Gary D]

unlikely combination! I think an alloy like that should have its own name. Calling it 'bronze' is a total lie really.

It's what the good old 3d was made of.

I thought that was brass? They were called 'brass threepences'!

Your right Pecks I don't know where I got that from. They are Nickel Brass.

[ChKy]

Several French coins used to be struck in Aluminium Bronze. And the current "Nordic Gold" used for mid size Euro coins is a variant. Trouble is, lots of coins are made of the stuff. A list of coins the Mint makes for other countries and their specifications would have been useful.

In the meantime: http://colnect.com/en/coins/countries/composition/30-Aluminium_Bronze if it helps at all.

That is a quite interesting source and I thought in creating an account. But then I had a closer look onto the terms of use. Below you find an extract:

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[TomGoodheart]

This makes a membership unattractive in my point of view. Suggestions? What do you think?

Yes. Rather excessive I think. But then I only use the site for reference too look up designs/ specifications. I've never actually thought of joining myself. And given the T&C doubt that I would.

I rather agree with you Christof. Firstly I'd be none to happy giving someone rights to private messages (rather a misnomer if Colnect can do as they wish with them!) and secondly while I'd have no real problems with casual use of images I create, this appears to give them the right to re-use them. Possibly for financial gain, although that part isn't clear.

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[Peckris]

This makes a membership unattractive in my point of view. Suggestions? What do you think?

Yes. Rather excessive I think. But then I only use the site for reference too look up designs/ specifications. I've never actually thought of joining myself. And given the T&C doubt that I would.

I rather agree with you Christof. Firstly I'd be none to happy giving someone rights to private messages (rather a misnomer if Colnect can do as they wish with them!) and secondly while I'd have no real problems with casual use of images I create, this appears to give them the right to re-use them. Possibly for financial gain, although that part isn't clear.

The obvious retort to that, is to add a very obvious watermark to all images you upload - if they want the rights to them, they'll have to take 'em with watermark as well.