Counterfeiting coins

What were counterfeit coins usually made of back in the 1980's?

Terrence Nicholson
- Erie, Pennsylvania, North America
2002

I personally never saw or heard of a counterfeit coin in the 1980's. Sorry. But since steel, zinc, and aluminum are the cheapest metals, that's what slugs were probably made from.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2002

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