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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2116152, member: 27832"]Not a US nickel. They're actually made from cupronickel, 75% copper and 25% nickel, and that alloy isn't magnetic. Some Canadian nickels (and other coins) were made from more pure nickel, and did stick to a magnet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pure nickel plating will stick to a magnet, but since there isn't very much of it on the coin, there won't be a lot of force.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2116152, member: 27832"]Not a US nickel. They're actually made from cupronickel, 75% copper and 25% nickel, and that alloy isn't magnetic. Some Canadian nickels (and other coins) were made from more pure nickel, and did stick to a magnet. Pure nickel plating will stick to a magnet, but since there isn't very much of it on the coin, there won't be a lot of force.[/QUOTE]
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