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Counterfeiting coins
What were counterfeit coins usually made of back in the 1980's?
Terrence Nicholson- Erie, Pennsylvania, North America
2002
I personally never saw or heard of a counterfeit coin in the 1980's. Sorry. But since steel, zinc, and aluminum are the cheapest metals, that's what slugs were probably made from.
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2002
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