German silver: An alloy of copper, nickel and zinc but no silver. Also called American silver, alpaca, Feuchtwanger's composition, nickel silver.
Thaler - German silver dollar. Name derived from the Joachimsthaler guldengroschen first coined by the counts of Schlick at Joachimsthal, Bohemia, in 1519. The thaler (guldengroschen), first coined at Hall, Tyrol, in 1484, with a gross weight of 31.
D-99 German silver, Number struck not known.
D-99. Brass. Number struck not known. (2 pieces).
D-99. Aluminum. Number struck not known.
Zinc is used in alloys such as brass, nickelled silver, typewriter metal, various soldering formulas and German silver.
Zinc is the primary metal used in making American pennies since 1982.
Around 1550, the German silversmith Marx Schwab invented coining with the screw press. The novelty was that two heavy iron screws pressed the coin metal to the desired thickness.
Lewis Feuchtwanger, proposed a Small Cent of what he called "argentan" or "American silver" (actually German silver composition). Feuchtwanger Cents are collectible in their own right, but are generally not included in a collection of U.S.
Counterfeits were made in large numbers during the Civil War, but the date and lettering differ from authentic pieces, and these pieces were not struck in silver but in some form of so-called German silver (a nickel alloy).
Many where made of "German Silver", which contained no silver. These coins were made with a alloy made of 55% copper, 30% zinc and 15% nickel. The weight and color is about the same as circulated coins struck on silver.
"Low-129. Roxbury Coaches. Boston. 1837. German silver. VF-35. Planchet defect near rim, as illustrated.
Lewis Feuchtwanger, introduced and tried to convince Congress to adopt an ALLOY he concocted called "German silver" which was essentially a white alloy of copper, nickel, zinc, tin and antimony to replace or nation's silver coinage.
These include precious medals like silver and gold, as well as base metals and alloys such as copper, brass, iron, aluminum, lead, zinc, nickel, white metal, pewter, and German silver.
for chemical apparatus, and in certain alloys, as german silver. It is magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being found in meteoric iron. It is chiefly valuable for the alloys it forms.
Contemporary counterfeits of this coin were struck on German silver. This example has a hole at 9:00 o'clock. According to Thomas Kays holed coins were like modern traveller's checks.
 See also: Silver, Coin, Copper, Nickel, Alloy
  
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