Nordic gold
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Nordic gold is a golden-coloured copper alloy which is used primarily to mint coins. It contains no gold despite the name, and is a type of aluminium bronze made with copper, aluminium, zinc, and tin.
50 euro cent coin made out of Nordic gold.
The Swedish 10 crown coin, first made with Nordic gold in 1991.
Aluminium bronze
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Aluminium bronze is a type of bronze in which aluminium is the main alloying metal added to copper, in contrast to standard bronze or brass. A variety of aluminium bronzes of differing compositions ha
Nordic gold
…Swedish: nordiskt guld) is a golden-coloured copper alloy which is used primarily to mint coins. It contains no gold despite the name, and is a type of aluminium bronze made with copper, aluminium, zinc, and tin. It was originally developed in Finland for Swedish coinage to be golden-coloured, tarnish-resistant…
The large plates in the background are made of aluminium bronze
5 franc coins made of aluminium bronze from 1940