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Help! 1966 Canadian Penny - Minted In Silver?

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 Posted 11/25/2017  12:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
and With Earle42 and Dennman,it appears to be a former jewelry item.
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If it is weakly magnetic, then I suspect that your coin is a nickel-plated normal cent.


If it were a pure nickel coin (or steel), it would jump off a table to a strong magnet. If it were a copper-nickel alloy coin, it wouldn't be magnetic at all. I don't know of a coin composition that is naturally weakly magnetic other than one that is nickel-plated over a nonmagnetic base (like copper).
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Scale is in. Coin weighs 3.24g.
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I think that solves it. It must be a normal cent that was plated with nickel. The plating itself would add a negligible amount to the weight.
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So mystery solved, thank you! Nickel plated, probably as a jewelry piece.
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