Definition

• Albata.  Alloy of nickel, copper and zinc; an early name for nickel-silver. The silver-gray alloy was more popularly called German-silver at the beginning of the 20th century, but nickel-silver after World War I. It is noted for its hard wearing qualities. The word is Latin for whitened.  See nickel-silver. 

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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