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Currencies have historically been backed by metals other than gold, silver, or copper

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Reference literature notes that beyond traditional gold, silver, and copper, other metals such as nickel have been used in numismatics.

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Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Numismatics

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this gold , silver , and copper have been used from very early times; in comparatively recent years after experimentation with many other metals , nickel

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