23 Vanadium (V)

atomic weight 50.94, melting point 1890° C, density 6.11g/cc


Vanadium medal by Metallium, Inc. Photo used by permission.
Diameter 19 mm, 2.6 grams, 99.8% pure. $40 on 7/18/2006.

Fred Zinkann struck 4 fantasy pieces in vanadium in 2005: the Iles Crozet 20 francs. I don't have a photograph of one, but the design is the same as my molybdenum and tantalum coins.

Vanadium, along with its neighbor chromium, is used in steel alloys for hand tools.