| 1981 Magnetic Penny
The coin is very shiny with a silver look. I think it is too shiny to be nickel, it is like a mirror finish. I have seen the nickel plated cents before.
Since it is magnetic I believe maybe it has some steel, but I do not know. I have come up with the following possibilities.
1. Someone's lab experiment.
2. Was on a foreign metal since we were making foreign countries coins. I believe some contained a magnetic metal in 1981.
Also does anyone know what metals were tested for the cent, if any for 1981, before they changed the composition in 1982??
I have attached a picture however the numbers and letters turned out very blurry, tried to take over a dozen photos could not get a good enough picture.
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