Subject: nickel coins ?

From: [email-masked] (Sebastian Laiblin)
Date: 27 Sep 1996 00:43:37 GMT

i want to forge some damascus steel, therefor i need some nickel.
if i buy some in the shop a piece of 22g (!) cost approx $150
i think i better use gold instead of nickel ;-)

now i heard that much many coins are made of nickel.
do you know coins made of it ?
how pure is teh nickel ?

haerd taht canadian quaters and dutch coins are mde of nickel ...

und tschuess !!! -=> SEBASTIAN <=- 

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From: [email-masked] (Ernie Leimkuhler)
Date: 27 Sep 1996 07:49:38 GMT

> und tschuess !!! -=> SEBASTIAN <=- 

All American and Canadian coins are made of a Nickle / Copper alloy called
"Nickle-plate".
It is made by Bridgeport brass works in Indianapolis for the US Mint. I
have a few small sheets of it that were sold for scrap. It is very
difficult to work, but durable.
I doubt that anyone makes coins of pure Nickle.
The reason that pure Nickle is so expensive is because pure Nickle is so
hard to work.
It is very tough and work hardens like crazy, also when it is annealed the
oxide layer that forms on the heated metal is quite tenacious, and hard to
remove. 

Best of luck

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