Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — Pure Nickel Currency in Austria. [ARTICLE]

Pure Nickel Currency in Austria.

,• The Iron Age th nks it probablo that ,ihe Austro-Hungai-ian Government will adopt pure for its currency. The alloyed coin generally used, containing only 25 per cent, of nickel combined with 75 per cent, of copper, possesses, it is considered, numerous disadvantages. while the> favorable points of the pure nickel piece are that, notwithstanding its hardpess, it can easily be coined; that it has the quality of extraordinary durability, loss by wear and tear being reduced to a minimum; that It is preserved blean in circulation, and that no oxidization worth mentioning rets in.