1947 maple leaf canadian 5 cent steel?

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  1. Way

    Way Active Member

    I found this 1947 Canadian maple leaf and I believed it to be nickel because that's what I keep seeing but it sticks to a magnet so I believe it might be still only I can't find anything on. Anyone know anything about it? 20201217_012105.jpg 20201217_012056.jpg
     
    Way, Dec 17, 2020
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  3. expat

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  4. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Generally a nice coin . It looks like 50 cent.
     
    SensibleSal66, Dec 17, 2020
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  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Nickel itself is magnetic. The the reason US "nickel" coins don't stick to a magnet is because they're actually 75% copper. The Canadian 5-cent coins have a purer nickel content, so they do.
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 17, 2020
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  6. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    It sounds like a small Gold ring in the ground too ! ;)
     
    SensibleSal66, Dec 17, 2020
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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    (*For the benefit of everyone else, that was a metal detecting reference.)
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 17, 2020
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  8. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Oh yea right sorry . Got the Bug , MD bug.
     
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  9. jensenbay

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    coinsandcanada.com
     
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  10. Robert Ransom

    Robert Ransom Well-Known Member

    You mean the "Rapper"?
     
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  11. Inspector43

    Inspector43 Celebrating 75 Years Active Collecting Supporter

    Nice. I will have to dig mine out and have a look at them. I like the older Canadians.
     
    Inspector43, Dec 17, 2020
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  12. serdogthehound

    serdogthehound Well-Known Member

    It would be unlikely that it is steel given that the switch back to 100% nickel was in 1946. As @lordmarcovan mention nickel is highly magnetic and is in fact how we tell a 1968 Silver coin from a nickel coin.
     
    serdogthehound, Dec 17, 2020
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  13. Way

    Way Active Member

    Ha ha thanks you guy are great. Ha ha wait ive never known copper to be magnetic
     
    Way, Dec 18, 2020
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  14. Way

    Way Active Member

    Wait ok i get it ha ha
     
    Way, Dec 18, 2020
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  15. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    It isn't. Nickel is magnetic. Copper isn't, but it is the reason US "nickel" coins (which are actually 75% copper) don't stick to a magnet.
    There ya go.
     
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