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Silver became too expensive to make coins from, for many countries, during the 20th Century. Low denomination coins are traditionally made from copper, but copper has also become too expensive and many of the coins that were made from copper have either been dropped from their respective currencies as useless due to inflation or, have been made from a cheaper metal such as steel or aluminium.

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