I Maccas the plaque in the Wedding sets are described as Nickel Silver.
Is there any silver in these, Or is it the same as "German Silver" or "Tibetan Silver"
If there is any Silver in these does anyone know what is the percentage ?
Sweet FA I reckon..it is the mint we're talking about, the cheap bastards :) But if there is I won't have any for long :winkextra:
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='23993' dateline='1375695508'Sweet FA I reckon..it is the mint we're talking about, the cheap bastards :) But if there is I won't have any for long :winkextra:
There isn't any mention of what they are made of in the packaging , So I recon it is an interesting question.
You have probably dozens of these plaques by now AJ :angel:
Nickel silver
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Nickel silver, also known as German silver,[1] Argentan,[1] new silver,[1] nickel brass,[2] albata,[3] alpacca,[4] or electrum,[5] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[6] Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated. The name "German silver" refers to its development by 19th-century German metalworkers in imitation of the Chinese alloy known as paktong (cupronickel)[7][8] All modern, commercially important nickel silvers (such as those standardized under ASTM B122) contain significant amounts of zinc, and are sometimes considered a subset of brass.[9]
GET OUT you have the hole set and I still have the 04 and 06 to go :( looks like they're being flogged as copper so to the scrapy they go :mocking:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='23994' dateline='1375695772'Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='23993' dateline='1375695508'Sweet FA I reckon..it is the mint we're talking about, the cheap bastards :) But if there is I won't have any for long :winkextra:
There isn't any mention of what they are made of in the packaging , So I recon it is an interesting question.
You have probably dozens of these plaques by now AJ :angel:
the original RAM plaques were specially made as I know a bloke who used to make them
I can double check with him about these ones
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='23998' dateline='1375696852'Quote from: 'trout' pid='23994' dateline='1375695772'Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='23993' dateline='1375695508'Sweet FA I reckon..it is the mint we're talking about, the cheap bastards :) But if there is I won't have any for long :winkextra:
There isn't any mention of what they are made of in the packaging , So I recon it is an interesting question.
You have probably dozens of these plaques by now AJ :angel:
the original RAM plaques were specially made as I know a bloke who used to make them
I can double check with him about these ones
Cheers RG :good:
had to call my friend about something else
but no, zilch silver
'imitation silver'
but very strong and wears quite well
and he reckons they are a tad misleading with that 'silver' nickel description
Its basically the same stuff as our "silver" coins. And what the rails on model railroads are made out of. Doesn't tarnish, great electrical conductivity, Oh, and you can engrave it, if you wanted to make, say, a plaque out of it. :angel:
send me your plaques trout and I'll start on our rail line..but I think we'll need a few more :laugh2:
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='24036' dateline='1375701631'send me your plaques trout and I'll start on our rail line..but I think we'll need a few more :laugh2:
Not if you only run
VERY short trains! :angel:
Ah Well, it would have been nice to have the fantastic coins AND a chunk of Silver as well:angel:
yeah second that mate :good:
and fulvio, it's a bloody long way from Grafton to Perth so how many do you think we'll need, remembering we'll have to go past SA to pick up Mark, PP, MB and a few others :winkextra:
:scratch_one-s_head: so that's the track taken care of so now for the trains :)
AJ you are too funny for words. Nice to see you laughing :-)