but when RCM MINT stop using copper for there pennies not sure what year u could check it your self with the non copper penny they start to put a mint mark or a logo
It is not magnetic because it is Copper Plated Zinc. Copper Plated Steel was issued in Sets [P] for this year. Check here.https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces424.html
From the Royal Canadian Mint website: 1982 - 1996 Composition: 98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc Weight (g): 2.5 Diameter (mm): 19.1 Thickness (mm): 1.45 1997 - 1999 Composition: 98.4% zinc, 1.6% copper plating Weight (g): 2.25 Diameter (mm): 19.05 Thickness (mm): 1.45 2000 - present* Composition: 94% steel, 1.5% nickel, 4.5% copper plating Weight (g): 2.35 Diameter (mm): 19.05 Thickness (mm): 1.45 *Note: Since 2000, the 1-cent coin can be produced using either the copper-plated steel or copper-plated zinc compositions. Started plating in 1997. Used 'P' (not a mintmark, just advertising their new plating process) in 1999, then again in 2001 through to 2006. The 'P' was supposed to just be used on copper plated steel (as @alurid noted above) but in 2006 some copper plated zinc 'P' were issued. Stopped issuing Cents entirely in 2012.
Yeah Zinc is not magnetic. Would be a cool find if it were actually copper. But you wouldn't be able to tell if it was copper unless you weigh it I think And I doubt it's that because it looks zincish. Not sure what the weight for a copper Canada penny.
