Why don't all 2000+ Canadian Nickels respond to a magnet? Only about 7/8ths of the 2000 + Nickels, and 1/3 of the 2000 + pennies are picked up by a magnet. This site reports that all these coins are steel: You must be logged in to see this link.
Why do only some of the coins respond to a magnet? They must not all be steel. I've especially noticed that 2000 and 2006 Nickels do not take the magnet.
There have been discussions on this topic before but I am not sure how to point you to them. It seems that in 2006 and 2001 there were a lot of CuNi nickels made instead of steel. I suspected that either the workers at the Mint suddenly discovered some forgotten sheets of metal in the basement, or perhaps there was a problem with the dies stamping steel instead of CuNi. Perhaps there are drawbacks to giving contracts to the low bidders.
I have also noticed a lot of pennies that are not magnetic. My guess is that they are zinc but I have not tried the blowtorch test on them yet.
Not all 2000+ Canadian Pennies/Nickles Steel
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Posted - 02/25/2008 : 15:24:21
