Coin Metals (11)

Over the years coins (both legal tender and commemorative) have been made out of just about every practical metal, including some you'd never expect, like niobium and zirconium. I don't have all of them yet: Platinum and palladium coins are easily available, but more expensive than I'm prepared to pay for elements I already have other samples of. Zirconium and vanadium coins have been minted, but are hard to find: Some day. I've even heard that there have been coins minted in tin and antimony, but I have no information about when or where. When Charles Cowie, an element collector, told me about his coin elements, it got me thinking how many I already had, or could easily add. The list below includes only ones I have an actual coin of in the table.

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Text and images Copyright (c) 2003 by Theodore W.Gray.

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013 Aluminum
013 Aluminum

Japanese coin.
Source: Japan
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 6 September, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >90%
022 Titanium
022 Titanium
Sound
Gibraltar Millennium Coin.
Source: Dan Lewis
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 14 June, 2002
Price: $35
Size: 1.5"
Purity: >99%
026 Iron
026 Iron

Steel pennies.
Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 20 September, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >90%
026 Iron
026 Iron

1944 zinc steel penny Belgian 2 franc.
Source: eBay seller wholesalenow
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 20 September, 2002
Price: $10
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >90%
028 Nickel
028 Nickel
Sound
Canadian Quarters.
Source: Canada
Contributor: George Beck
Acquired: 12 June, 2002
Price: $10
Size: 2.5"
Purity: >90%
029 Copper
029 Copper
Sound
Pre-1983 Pennies.
Source: America
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 April, 2002
Price: $0.01/penny
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >90%
030 Zinc
030 Zinc

Post-1983 Pennies.
Source: America
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 April, 2002
Price: $0.01/penny
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >90%
041 Niobium
041 Niobium

Wah Chang commemorative coin.
Source: Wah Chang
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 10 September, 2002
Price: $30
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.9%
047 Silver
047 Silver
Sound
One ounce silver rounds.
Source: Coin Shop in California
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 April, 2002
Price: $5/ounce
Size: 1.5"
Purity: 99.9%
047 Silver
047 Silver

Sassanian Dirham of Chosroes II.
Source: Dan Lewis
Contributor: Dan Lewis
Acquired: 18 June, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 93.5%
079 Gold
079 Gold

Antique coin.
Source: Coin Shop in California
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 April, 2002
Price: $100
Size: 0.5"
Purity: 90%