Billon

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What Wikipedia says

Billon () is an alloy of a precious metal (most commonly silver, but also gold) with a majority base metal content (such as copper). It is used chiefly for making coins, medals, and token coins.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Billon (alloy)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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