I've been lurking here for a few weeks enjoying the wealth of information that is posted here at realcent. I knew it would happen eventually, that I'd come across something that would bring me out of my shell and cause me to write my first post here at the forums. It's really more of a request for information on something that I found while sorting pennies. I found a 1972 one cent piece from the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands. Elisabeth II is on the obverse and a starfish is on the reverse. It weighed like it was a copper Lincoln, Anyone know what it's composition is?
I've found a few of those too. Just shooting from the hip, I've always assumed that they are the same composition as other coins of the same date from other British Commonwealth or former British Empire nations. I use Canada as my guideline. Then again, it never really mattered since they just go into my "random crap and other curiosities" jar.
On a side note, I've always figured places like Bermuda and The Bahamas don't actually have their own mints, and that their coins are actually minted somewhere else, like the UK or Canada. I'm told Iraq's currency is actually printed in the UK...Anyone know if this is the case with these small countries?
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Need to know the year it is either brass or copper-plate zinc 1985 is the year their changed from brass to zinc. They also had bronze and nickel-brass.
Need to know the year it is either brass or copper-plate zinc 1985 is the year their changed from brass to zinc. They also had bronze and nickel-brass.
I need help with a penny
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 23:45:02
