dpwozney Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) Have you tried to get a pure nickel nickel lately? ... I haven't seen a pure nickel nickel in circulation in ages. You would be lucky in a $2 roll to not have all steel. I post my nickel sorting results in this thread. For the past six months, pure-nickel nickels have averaged about 7.7% of all nickels in circulation I have encountered. Out of 1000 pennies, about 200 will be steel nowadays. The majority zinc, and not that many copper. And thats 1996. Nowadays, I am finding that, out of 1000 pennies, about 280 are mainly copper. All US nickels to this date are 75/25. U.S. Mint nickels, minted from 1942 through 1945, are 35% silver, 56% copper, and 9% manganese. Edited January 12, 2011 by dpwozney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpwozney Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Note: There are quite a few non-steel 2010 pennies. Many speculate that we went back to Zinc because it became cheaper than pressed steel for a short period of time. Zinc is cheap to stamp into coins, Steel although a much cheaper metal - requires much more (expensive) energy to produce. Do you have any source or link for your claim? This “Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute” webpage, titled “Technical Aspects of Canadian Coinage - Canadian Circulation Coinage”, does not make any mention of any 2000-Date pennies that are composed of anything other than 94% steel, 1.5% nickel, and 4.5% copper plating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpwozney Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Canadian pennies are made of mostly steel these days. By “these days” I mean “over the past four years or so, since 2007”. Over the past four years or so, since 2007, most Canadian pennies have been made of mostly steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenOps Posted January 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Do you have any source or link for your claim? This “Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute” webpage, titled “Technical Aspects of Canadian Coinage - Canadian Circulation Coinage”, does not make any mention of any 2000-Date pennies that are composed of anything other than 94% steel, 1.5% nickel, and 4.5% copper plating. Life is my link. Just use a strong magnet. You will find plenty of 2006 and 2010 non-steel pennies. Unless they magically found a way to make steel non-magnetic. Its always possible they aren't using Zinc either - but I don't know of any other metals they might be using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpwozney Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Life is my link. Just use a strong magnet. You will find plenty of 2006 and 2010 non-steel pennies. Unless they magically found a way to make steel non-magnetic.Its always possible they aren't using Zinc either - but I don't know of any other metals they might be using. Okay, I am out of 2010 pennies right now, but the next time I get some 2010 pennies I will definitely try a magnet on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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