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Euros Mostly Copper

Edition #89: Spring 2000

If you visit Europe in the year 2002, you will handle the next important examples of new copper currency. That's when the euro family of coins will be introduced. Like the current British 2-pound piece and the Canadian "Tooney," the 1- and 2-euro coins will be bimetallic; that is, they will have a bulls-eye-like appearance with an outer ring of one alloy (and color) surrounding a central region of another composition. The 1-euro coin will have an outer ring of 75% copper, 20% zinc and 5% nickel (a golden color); the center will be 75% copper/25% nickel (silvery) clad over nickel. The 2-euro coin will have the opposite color scheme with an outer ring of 75% copper/25% nickel surrounding a center having the 1-euro's golden alloy clad over nickel.

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