White metal | |
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General information | |
Material type |
metal |
Color |
silver/white |
Magnetic? |
varies; usually no |
Composition |
varies; often includes antimony, copper, lead, or tin |
Numismatic information | |
Used for | |
Used by |
see below |
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White metal is a lightly-colored alloy often composed of antimony, copper, lead, and tin. A handful of countries have produced coins using the alloy, but commonly only with unissued patterns.
Used by[]
- Aquitaine (satirical)
- Australia (Hedburg coins)
- Baroda State
- British Raj
- Cambodia
- Chile
- China, Republic of
- Cochinchina
- Confederate States of America (medallic)
- Costa Rica
- County of Namur
- Curaçao and Dependencies
- El Salvador
- Empire of Japan
- Estonia (token)
- France
- French Guiana
- Gaeta (fantasy)
- German East Africa
- Guangdong
- Hubei
- Jilin
- Joseon
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Haiti
- Kingdom of Ireland
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Kingdom of Romania
- Kingdom of Scotland (pretender)
- Lega Nord (tokens)
- Mexico
- Ottoman Algeria
- Padania
- Province of New York
- Réunion
- Qing Dynasty
- Russian Empire
- Saint-Domingue
- Sichuan
- Slovenia (tokens)
- Southern Rhodesia
- Thailand
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- United States
- Zadar
Sources[]
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Alloys | Acmonital · Aluminum-bronze · Argentan · Barton's metal · Bath metal · Bell metal · Billon · Brass · Bronze · Copper-nickel-zinc · Crown gold · Cupronickel · Dowmetal · Electrum · Franklinium · German silver · Gun metal · Manganese-bronze · Nickel-brass · Nickel-silver · Nordic gold · Orichalchum · Pewter · Pinchbeck · Potin · Silver alloys · Speculum · Stainless steel · Steel · Tin-zinc · Tombac · Virenium · White metal |
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