Did I Find A Coin That Someone Was Playing With?

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timnic44 Pillar of the Community Canada 535 Posts	Posted 03/29/2017 3:40 pm Found this coin roll hunting today. Report this Post to the Staff

Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 03/29/2017 4:29 pm looks like it was copper plated than nickle(?) plated. Coin only has 3.8% copper in the alloy so copper would never show if it was just wear. Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7513 Posts	Posted 03/29/2017 4:48 pm interesting find,I'd like to hear the final call on this. Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2519 Posts	Posted 03/29/2017 4:55 pm Canadian coins are have 3 layers of plating over the steel core. From the innermost, it's nickel, then a layer of copper, then an outer layer of nickel. For yellow coins, the outermost layer is bronze instead of nickel. A couple of years back I made an observation that quarters before and after 2003 has a different sound, I still don't know why. Report this Post to the Staff
Dennman Valued Member Canada 496 Posts	Posted 03/29/2017 4:59 pm Content: 94% Steel, 3.8% Copper, 2.2% Nickel Weight: 4.4 Grams Diameter: 23.88 m The nickel coating on this quarter has been heavily abraded to expose the copper plating on the high spots. Edited by Dennman 03/29/2017 5:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mike9999999 Valued Member Canada 224 Posts	Posted 03/29/2017 8:29 pm SlurExe97, most Canadian coins before 2002 were 100% nickel. After that to present they have been made with nickel-plated steel Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2519 Posts	Posted 03/29/2017 9:05 pm mike9999999, I should have been clearer. I meant the plated ones, I know they were nickel 2000 and before. Report this Post to the Staff
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