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Battara · 15th December 2010, 07:44 PM

SE Asia has had a long history of alloys. Silver and copper, brass (zinc and copper), bronze (tin and copper), white metal (nickel and copper), and as Kronckew says, swassa (roughly gold and copper). These goes back centuries.

15th December 2010, 07:44 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	SE Asia has had a long history of alloys. Silver and copper, brass (zinc and copper), bronze (tin and copper), white metal (nickel and copper), and as Kronckew says, swassa (roughly gold and copper). These goes back centuries.