CA2271654C - Composite stratified material and use thereof for coinage - Google Patents

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CA2271654C
CA2271654C CA002271654A CA2271654A CA2271654C CA 2271654 C CA2271654 C CA 2271654C CA 002271654 A CA002271654 A CA 002271654A CA 2271654 A CA2271654 A CA 2271654A CA 2271654 C CA2271654 C CA 2271654C
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Abstract

Composite stratified material comprising a core layer of a ferritic chrome steel that is plated on both sides with a steel consisting of (mass %): chrome 16.0 to 18.0, nickel 10.0 to 12.0 and copper 3.5 to 4.5, as well as of selectably other elements, the rest being essentially iron, and its use for manufacturing coins, chips, tokens and related objects.

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COMPOSITE STRATIFIED MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF FOR COINAGE
The present invention relates to a composite stratified material for coins, tokens, chips, and related objects.
JP 04066651 and US 27 75 520 both describe rust-resistant chromium-nickel-steel alloys as materials used for coinage manufactured in a single layer; on average, these alloys contain 17.8 wt-% chromium, 12.8 wt-% nickel, and 3 wt-%
copper.
EP-A 0 343 701 describes a composite stratified material that is used to manufacture coinage that may contain, amongst other things, a core layer of a ferritic chromium steel, plated on both sides with a layer consisting of an austenitic chromium-nickel steel.
In earlier times, when coins having a face value equal to the value of the metal they contained were being minted, it was important that the value of the metal was equal to the nominal value of the coins, so that this demand governed the selection of the metal. Gold, silver, and base metals, as well as alloys of these, were used. In the course of industrialization, from the middle of the nineteenth century on, more and more coins having a face value in excess of the value of the metal they contained were being circulated; the material for these was selected on the basis of economical production and, on the other hand, for its physical appearance.
Very frequently, nickel and specific copper alloys were used. In more recent times, there have been increasing demands for better-priced coinage., In the course of this development, various types of rust: resistant steels were used to manufacture coinage. Use was made, mainly of X 6 Cr 17 ferritic steel (German Material No. 1.4016) and X 5 Cr Ni 18 12 (German Material No. 1.4303).
The continued proliferation of rust-resistant steel as material for coinage was hindered by the problems associated with embossing the metal. Because of hardness l0 values that remained in practice at approximately 140 to 160 HV30, on average approximately 150 HV30 for the soft-annealed state, the embossed image was relatively shallow, albeit highly resistant to abrasion, and the coins remained resistant to corrosion over very long periods, as is described, for example, in Coinage Materials, XV:II Mint Directors' Conference Madrid 1992.
The bluish tinge, in particular of ferritic rust-resistant steels, prevented these from achieving the same appeal as coinage materials such as silver or nickel, and alloys thereof, which were percei~Jed as being whiter.
In contrast to the mech<~nical coin testers that were usually used in the past, in addii~ion to testing the diameter and the thickness, the electronic coin testers that are used today test electrical conductivity inductively at various frequencies, which is to say at various distances from the outside surface. This makes it possible to identify composite stratified materials and distinguish them from foreign coins and counterfeits.
This results in an additional, important criterion for manufacturing materials for coinage, in that material characteristic such a density, electrical conductivity, and magnetic behaviour have to be adjusted to fall within a very narrow acceptance range.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rust-resistant material that, compared to the prior art, may be more easily embossed and is perceived as being white or silvery and which can be processed to form coins that can be used in today~s coin testing machines so as to be reliably and consistently distinguished from other coins and counterfeits.
In one aspect, this invention provides a composite stratified material for coins, tokens, chips, and related objects, comprising a core layer of a ferritic chromium steel that is plated on both sides with a layer of steel, characterized in that the steel used to plate the core layer consists of the following (wt-%) Chromium 16.0 to 18.0 Nickel 10.0 to 12.0 Copper 3.5 to 4.5 with the remainder being made up of iron and such additives as may be required by the production process, and additionally one or more of the following elements (in wt-%):
Manganese max. 1.5 Silicon max. 0.4 Carbon max. 0.02 Nitrogen max. 0.02 Sulphur max. 0.01 Phosphorus max. 0.03 Molybdenum max. 1.0 Titanium max. 0.03 Niobium max. 0.05 Aluminum max. 0.1 Cobalt max. 0.3 Boron max. 0.003.
It is preferable that the thickness of the layer that is plated on is 10 to 30% of the total thickness of the composite stratified material.
Surprisingly, it has been found that in the soft-annealed state, a composite stratified material of a steel of this type is of the desired colour, which is perceived as white or silver, and is of a hardness that can be kept well below 140 HV30 and normally even below 120 HV30.
These stainless steels, which on average have hardness values some 20% lower than those that are used for coin blanks, in the prior art, produce a much deeper and more plastic impression. Despite this, the abrasion resistance of these new coinage materials, as determined in by drum testing of sample coins, is comparable to that of X 6 Cr 17 and X 5 CrNi 18 12 stainless steels, and about three times greater than that of conventional coinage materials such as CuA16Ni2 that are based on copper.
It is preferable that the core layer of the composite stratified material of this invention is X 6 Cr 17 steel.
This comparability with other stainless steels is also demonstrated when testing their resistance to tarnishing in an aggressive laboratory atmosphere using a 10-% NaCl solution and when they are subjected to the effects of artificial sweat.
In another aspect this invention provides use of a l0 stratified composite according to the invention, as a material for manufacturing embossed coins, tokens, chips, or related objects.
The present invention will be described in greater detail below on the basis of one embodiment:
A copper alloyed rust-resistant steel composed as follows (wt-%) was smelted:
Chromium 17.35 Nickel 10.25 Copper 3.65 Manganese 0.67 4a Silicon 0..'30 Carbon 0 . 014 Nitrogen 0.015 Sulphur 0.003 Phosphorus 0.012 Molybdenum 0.49 Titanium <0.010 Niobium 0.010 Aluminum 0 . 02 0 l0 Cobalt 0.01 Boron 0 . 0 0 2 with the remainder being made up of iron and such additives as may be required by the production process.
The steel was hot-rolled and then cold-rolled to form a strip 2.07 mm thick. Coin blanks 25.30 mm diameter were then punched out of the cold strip. These blanks were of the desired silvery-white colour.
After the edges had been milled, the diameter of the blanks was 24.85 mm. Each of these blanks weighed 8.10 g, and their density was 7.98 g/cm3. Their hardness could be adjusted to 117 HV30 by soft-annealing, which was done without any coarse-grain formation. As a result, they were easily embossed, as determined by embossing sample coins.
These coins were comparfsd with coins of X 6 Cr 17 and X 5 CrNi 18 12 rust-resistani~ steels, which are conventionally used as coinage mai~erials, in a 24-hour drum test; the weight losses for all three materials was 0.1%.
Coins manufactured from the CuAl6rfi2 copper material usually used exhibited losses that were three times as great.
During corrosion testing in an aggressive laboratory containing 10-% NaCl solution, when acted upon by artificial sweat, the changes to the new coinage material was insignificant after three weeks.
Strips of this steel were plated onto both sides of the X 6 Cr 17, the thickness of the layer being, in each instance, 20% of the total thickness. The result was the reliable differentiability from o~~her coins and counterfeits in the coin-testing machines used today.
One further characteristic of the present invention is that the new coinage material that is proposed herein is characterized in that it is easily recycled if today's steel-making technologies are used; this is so not only when it is used as a single component, but also if it is used, together with a ferritic chromium steel, a;s one component of a composite material.

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THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A composite stratified material for coins, tokens, chips, and related objects, comprising a core layer of a ferritic chromium steel that is plated on both sides with a layer of steel, characterized in that the steel used to plate the core layer consists of the following (wt-%) Chromium 16.0 to 18.0 Nickel 10.0 to 12.0 Copper 3.5 to 4.5 with the remainder being made up of iron and such additives as may be required by the production process, and additionally one or more of the following elements (in wt-%):
Manganese max. 1.5 Silicon max. 0.4 Carbon max. 0.02 Nitrogen max. 0.02 Sulphur max. 0.01 Phosphorus max. 0.03 Molybdenum max. 1.0 Titanium max. 0.03 Niobium max. 0.05 Aluminum max. 0.1 Cobalt max. 0.3 Boron max. 0.003.
2. A composite stratified material as defined in Claim 1, characterized in that the thickness of the layers that are plated on is 10 to 30% of the total thickness of the composite stratified material.
3. A composite stratified material as defined in Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterized in that the core layer is of X 6 Cr 17 steel.
4. Use of a stratified composite as defined in Claim 1, 2, or 3, as a material for manufacturing embossed coins, tokens, chips, or related objects.
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