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Interesting page on coin metals
http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html
This page lists the various metals and alloys that have been used for coinage, with examples. Also includes a few non-metals. Can't vouch for the accuracy, but I found it a fun read. -- Please reply to: | "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is pciszek at panix dot com | indistinguishable from malice." Autoreply is disabled | |
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Interesting page on coin metals
Paul Ciszek wrote: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html This page lists the various metals and alloys that have been used for coinage, with examples. Also includes a few non-metals. Can't vouch for the accuracy, but I found it a fun read. Without doing the research myself, I can't vouch for the accuracy either. However, having been a frequent visitor to Tony Clayon's site, I would have to vouch for Tony and his work. Tony is a frequent contributor to RCC |
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In article , Jud wrote: Paul Ciszek wrote: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html This page lists the various metals and alloys that have been used for coinage, with examples. Also includes a few non-metals. Can't vouch for the accuracy, but I found it a fun read. Without doing the research myself, I can't vouch for the accuracy either. However, having been a frequent visitor to Tony Clayon's site, I would have to vouch for Tony and his work. Tony is a frequent contributor to RCC His mention of cardboard coins reminded me of something that used to be in my family--I don't know where it is now: a bag of red cardboard tokens that I was told as a kid dated from the depression, and were some sort of desparate substitute for money. The markings were pressed into the cardboard rather than printed, at least as I recall. Does this ring a bell with anybody? -- Please reply to: | "One of the hardest parts of my job is to pciszek at panix dot com | connect Iraq to the War on Terror." Autoreply is disabled | -- G. W. Bush, 9/7/2006 |
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Interesting page on coin metals
On Nov 1, 2:32�pm, (Paul Ciszek) wrote:
In article , Jud wrote: Paul Ciszek wrote: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html This page lists the various metals and alloys that have been used for coinage, with examples. �Also includes a few non-metals. Can't vouch for the accuracy, but I found it a fun read. Without doing the research myself, I can't vouch for the accuracy either. However, having been a frequent visitor to Tony Clayon's site, I would have to vouch for Tony and his work. Tony is a frequent contributor to RCC His mention of cardboard coins reminded me of something that used to be in my family--I don't know where it is now: a bag of red cardboard tokens that I was told as a kid dated from the depression, and were some sort of desparate substitute for money. �The markings were pressed into the cardboard rather than printed, at least as I recall. �Does this ring a bell with anybody? -- Please reply to: � � � � � �| "One of the hardest parts of my job is to pciszek at panix dot com � �| �connect Iraq to the War on Terror." Autoreply is disabled � � � | � � � � � �-- G. W. Bush, 9/7/2006 These sound like OPA red points, issued during World War II, not the Depression. They were used to make change for meat ration stamps. |
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On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 14:38:56 -0700 (PDT), Bob
wrote: On Nov 1, 2:32?pm, (Paul Ciszek) wrote: In article , Jud wrote: Paul Ciszek wrote: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html This page lists the various metals and alloys that have been used for coinage, with examples. ?Also includes a few non-metals. Can't vouch for the accuracy, but I found it a fun read. Without doing the research myself, I can't vouch for the accuracy either. However, having been a frequent visitor to Tony Clayon's site, I would have to vouch for Tony and his work. Tony is a frequent contributor to RCC His mention of cardboard coins reminded me of something that used to be in my family--I don't know where it is now: a bag of red cardboard tokens that I was told as a kid dated from the depression, and were some sort of desparate substitute for money. ?The markings were pressed into the cardboard rather than printed, at least as I recall. ?Does this ring a bell with anybody? These sound like OPA red points, issued during World War II, not the Depression. They were used to make change for meat ration stamps. There are also blue points and both went along with ration books. I've seen 48 blue and 64 red points allotted per person per month. As for Tony Clayton, if you see it on his site, you can pretty much take it as gospel. He's one of our group's most knowledgeable. And if he'd got something wrong, he'll correct. Padraic ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Interesting page on coin metals
Padraic Brown wrote:
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 14:38:56 -0700 (PDT), Bob wrote: On Nov 1, 2:32?pm, (Paul Ciszek) wrote: In article , Jud wrote: Paul Ciszek wrote: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html This page lists the various metals and alloys that have been used for coinage, with examples. ?Also includes a few non-metals. Can't vouch for the accuracy, but I found it a fun read. Without doing the research myself, I can't vouch for the accuracy either. However, having been a frequent visitor to Tony Clayon's site, I would have to vouch for Tony and his work. Tony is a frequent contributor to RCC His mention of cardboard coins reminded me of something that used to be in my family--I don't know where it is now: a bag of red cardboard tokens that I was told as a kid dated from the depression, and were some sort of desparate substitute for money. ?The markings were pressed into the cardboard rather than printed, at least as I recall. ?Does this ring a bell with anybody? These sound like OPA red points, issued during World War II, not the Depression. They were used to make change for meat ration stamps. There are also blue points and both went along with ration books. I've seen 48 blue and 64 red points allotted per person per month. As for Tony Clayton, if you see it on his site, you can pretty much take it as gospel. He's one of our group's most knowledgeable. And if he'd got something wrong, he'll correct. Padraic ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** CW had a nice introductory article in an 8/2003 issue about these tokens. http://www.coinworld.com/News/081803/BW_0818.asp W. |
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On Nov 2, 2:52*pm, "1787" wrote:
Padraic Brown wrote: On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 14:38:56 -0700 (PDT), Bob wrote: On Nov 1, 2:32?pm, (Paul Ciszek) wrote: In article , Jud wrote: Paul Ciszek wrote: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html This page lists the various metals and alloys that have been used for coinage, with examples. ?Also includes a few non-metals. Can't vouch for the accuracy, but I found it a fun read. Without doing the research myself, I can't vouch for the accuracy either. However, having been a frequent visitor to Tony Clayon's site, I would have to vouch for Tony and his work. Tony is a frequent contributor to RCC His mention of cardboard coins reminded me of something that used to be in my family--I don't know where it is now: a bag of red cardboard tokens that I was told as a kid dated from the depression, and were some sort of desparate substitute for money. ?The markings were pressed into the cardboard rather than printed, at least as I recall. ?Does this ring a bell with anybody? These sound like OPA red points, issued during World War II, not the Depression. *They were used to make change for meat ration stamps. There are also blue points and both went along with ration books. I've seen 48 blue and 64 red points allotted per person per month. As for Tony Clayton, if you see it on his site, you can pretty much take it as gospel. He's one of our group's most knowledgeable. And if he'd got something wrong, he'll correct. Padraic ** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews.com** CW had a nice introductory article in an 8/2003 issue about these tokens.http://www.coinworld.com/News/081803/BW_0818.asp W.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have a red 1 token from these pieces. I'm not sure if they are worth anything or not. |
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