Z00 wrote:CONFUSED!!
Looking at the listings on feebay and on coincanada.com, I see listings for magnetic and non-magnetic.
The RCM shows only 1 steel core variety. Steel is obviously magnetic.
Why is there a non-magnetic variety and where did they come from?
I've been sorting some of the better shape more recent pennies into plastic rollers
saving them from the "spend bucket" since this is pretty much my last chance to
fill out a collection from circulation.
So far I've found:
2001: Zn only (This was supposed to be the first year of steel core pennies.)
2002: Fe and Zn
2003: Fe and Zn
2004: Zn only
2005: Zn only
2006: Fe and Zn
2007: Fe only
2008: Fe only
2009: Fe and Zn
2010: Zn only
2011: Fe and Zn
2012: Fe and Zn
Zn=Zinc core
Fe=Steel (Iron) core
It's possible those special collector roles the mint sold at $10 each were all
done in steel only.
BTW, does anyone know if the varieties I'm missing exist/don't exist/are
simply vey rare?
Has anyone here found Fe 2001, 2004, 2005, 2010 or Zn 2007,2008?