| 1. | The coin was made from steel clad copper nickel and was minted in West Germany.
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| 2. | The need for corrosion protection favors copper nickel cladding as the preferred alloy for the towers.
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| 3. | The Mint found that the copper nickel dollar was striking indistinctly, a problem not seen with the silver pieces.
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| 4. | Brass 1 and 5 centavos were issued in 1943, and with copper nickel composition sporadically from 1915 to 1958.
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| 5. | It decided on clad coinage, with copper nickel faces and a pure copper core, as the most desirable replacement material.
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| 6. | Circulation pieces were in copper nickel; Congress also mandated 45, 000, 000 part-silver pieces be struck for collectors.
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| 7. | Once striking began, the Mint found that the copper nickel dollar was striking indistinctly, a problem not seen with the silver pieces.
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| 8. | A copper nickel line set was flown in with a manufacturer technical representative from the States and he provided technical direction on the repairs.
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| 9. | In 1890, Congress ended production of the three-cent piece, leaving the five-cent coin as the only one in copper nickel.
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| 10. | All silver pieces ( struck only at San Francisco ) are Type I; all three mints struck both Type I and Type II copper nickel pieces.
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