Billon

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Description

An alloy of copper with a precious metal, such as gold or silver. Billon is used to makes coins, tokens, and medals.

Authority

The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: billon

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