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Zinc

This metal, on account of its soft- ness, is not adapted for coinage purposes, but it has been used for necessity money during the European war of 1915, and pieces were struck for Ghent in Belgium and for Luxemburg.


Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
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