By metal: Coins of Europe
21 · 6 633 recordsThe metal determines both the purpose of a coin and its price today. Copper went to small change, silver to the main denomination, gold and platinum to large face values. Fineness and pure metal weight are listed in every entry. 21 collections, 6 633 records in total. The largest: Silver — 2147, Cupronickel (Copper-Nickel) — 944, Bronze — 571, Gold — 477, Nickel Silver — 464. Every entry carries photographs of both sides, metal, fineness, weight, diameter, mintage and catalogue numbers after Bitkin, Uzdenikov and Conros. Groups with fewer than five records are not listed separately.
- Silver 2 147
- Cupronickel (Copper-Nickel) 944
- Bronze 571
- Gold 477
- Nickel Silver 464
- Iron (Steel) 379
- Brass 356
- Aluminum 338
- Bimetal 245
- Copper 209
- Cupronickel (Copper-Nickel), Nickel Silver, Nickel 149
- Nickel 129
- Zinc 77
- Bronze, Cupronickel (Copper-Nickel) 41
- Cupronickel (Copper-Nickel), Nickel Silver 35
- Brass, Cupronickel (Copper-Nickel) 16
- Billon 15
- Silver, Niobium 13
- Gold, Silver 11
- Cupronickel (Copper-Nickel), Nordic 9
- Nordic 8