could this be copper flakes on this canadian 5 cents

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Could the plating be removed & the steel be rusting?

 

no I took a close look it is no rusting,,

 

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Chris

 

which one of you guys/girls have more knowledge on Canadian coins?

 

I can't answer that, but I would like to ask you a question.

If the copper is beneath the nickel outer layer, how could the copper be in flakes?

Chris

 

its just a phrase I heard from other collectors.. in a case like this this one because its showing in so many areas of the coin it could be something else ,possible an alloy mixing error. cheers

 

I don't know for sure, but I assume these are copper/nickel alloy plated, steel coins. Coins and Canada states the composition as:

• Alloy: 94.5% steel, 3.5% copper and 2% nickel
• Weight: 3.95 grams

 

neither