i bought a 1942 canadian nickel at the flea market todam and while checking on the internet i found it could be either nickel or tombac. can any one tell me how to tell the diference? i dont know a lot about canadian coins but have decied to make a set from mostly finds while searching cases of us nickels.
The nickel one is round, just like all the others, the tombac is 12-sided, and was only made during WWII.
I have never looked into it, but I have a 1943 and 1945 Canadian nickel. The former is copper and the latter looks to be chronium (I'm guessing plated steel since it is magnetic). Apparently the Candians were doing some experimentation!
