Canadian Cents

I never knew this about Canadian coinage ... just looked at wikipedia and other websites.

But they had copper plated steel and zinc cents, plus various compositions with a copper base going back years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(Canadian_coin)



Look at all the "magnetic" and "non magnetic" varieties for all the years
https://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-prices.php?canadian_coins=1-cent-2003-2012

example below

 

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Darn!.. Now I have to go through all of my Canadian Cents again to see if I have a 2006 -Magnetic and a 2006 P - Non Magnetic!

 

look at the link. Any of the steel core cents can be Magnetic and Non-Magnetic varieties PLUS each of the Circulated, Uncirculated, PL and Proofs do too.

Of course, I'm wondering if you could just make it magnetic/nonmagnetic with your own equipment that one uses to magnetize or not screwdrivers?

 

I always make sure to check my 04-07 Canadians to see if they are magnetic. 2006 was a crazy year at the RCM.

 

I heard it was a magnetic environment, full of buzz in the air.

shocking eh?

 

In my sister’s currency and in my too in total we found 25 cents

 

I like the large cents with Queen Victoria on them.

 

Wait, are those varieties actually rare?

 

Notice their copper plated Zinqueens only lasted 2 years, eh. Were they as crappy as our Zincolns?