The Two Coins

David Stockhoff · 15 Aug 2010, 20:13 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:13:47 -0400
Subject: (urth) The Two Coins
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Brass is also very greasy, so lead and brass would make a good false 
gold, I suppose.

I recall reading in a Flashman novel of India that British troopers 
disdained the official cavalry weapons because they were of brass and so 
slippery they would "turn in the hand." They bought local instead.

Lee Berman wrote:
>> Jeff Wynn- What are these coins made of that feels so greasy? I was thinking polished brass, but I don't know.
>>
>> Any metallurgists out there?
>>     
>  
> My guess is a lead alloy, which would have the golden color, the weight and heft of gold, but soft
> and greasy feeling to the touch. 		 	   		  
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