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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prospector, post: 944202, member: 18940&quot;]Hello Everyone.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I received this 24 Gold Plated 1942 cent as a bonus coin from a seller off eBay and , well, it&#039;s magnetic. Not as Magnetic as a 1943 Steelie ( it doesn&#039;t go flying off the desk when I run a magnet over it like a steel one ) but if I lower the magnet onto it then it&#039;ll fly up and stick. My question is this; Does Plating cause a coin to be magnetized and could it be a steel 1942 and the gold plating has reduced the strength of it&#039;s magnetic property? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is the second gold plated wheat cent I received from the same seller and the other one is not magnetic so I am sort of ruling out the plating process as the reason to cause it to be magnetic.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>it&#039;s 3.2 grams[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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