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BRUCE 1947 Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 01/24/2007 06:39 am Would I be right in thinking that all Canadian cents minted before 1990 have copper in them ? BRUCE. Report this Post to the Staff

chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 01/24/2007 08:56 am The "switch" from copper to Cu plated steel was made about ten years ago. So the 1 cent coins until (and including) 1996 should have copper, while the ones made 1997 and later are steel coins methinks. But I suppose that in the Canadian forum http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...?FORUM_ID=32 they will know more about that. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
bromac Valued Member Canada 195 Posts	Posted 01/24/2007 4:56 pm The change was made from mostly copper (.980) to copper plated zinc in 1997.Starting in 1999 some of them were copper plated steel, those being marked with a small letter P.It's hard for me to keep track but from 2003 on there seem to be both steel and zinc examples minted. Bill Bill Report this Post to the Staff
BRUCE 1947 Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 01/24/2007 5:38 pm I ask because here in AZ we get a lot of Canadian cents and most of the years I find in roll searching are from the 60's 70's and 80's. I save all copper cents so I will just add them to my jar of copper Lincoln cents. Thanks Bruce. Report this Post to the Staff
Gary Burke Rest in Peace United States 3730 Posts	Posted 01/24/2007 6:57 pm Bruce, That's interesting because here in Colorado (obviously closer to Canada), we hardly ever see Canadian coins. I love Canadian coins, and wish we would see more I could take out of circulation. Report this Post to the Staff
BRUCE 1947 Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 01/24/2007 7:41 pm We get all the snow birds great people they always bring coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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