25 Years Of Loonies, How Have They Fared?

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I don't know why but those coins appeal to me, I like that finish, its sort of like the chocolate brown that old cents get from circulation. I'm wondering how the new coins will hold up though, will they disintegrate? The new loonies don't have that pink-gold luster when new, they are some sort of shade of green-gold. Our dollar coins here down south are roughly the shade of the old loonies, which is nice, and with our bureaucratic mint I doubt they will every see much circulation, much less be made with plated steel. But anywho, does anyone know why they changed the plating from bronze to brass? Was it only a cost cutting measure, or was it something to do with getting it to bond with the steel core. Thoughts?