Cupro-nickel

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Location: Glossary

Alloys containing copper and nickel, usually from 15% to 70% nickel, but in ancient alloys often with less nickel than this. Alloys with about 25% nickel are now used for coinage metals. Early examples of copper-nickel alloys are also known, the most famous being the Bactrian coinage.

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