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Just got through sorting are free Canadian nickels and found we had more 1982 and before than post 1982 is that a number for that.

It is probably because the coin counter junk is usually mostly magnetic. The CuNi ones almost always get accepted as US nickels. If you roll search US nickels, your .999 ratio would be much lower. All of my non magnetic Canadians that I find all go back into a coin counter.

NHsorter wrote:It is probably because the coin counter junk is usually mostly magnetic. The CuNi ones almost always get accepted as US nickels. If you roll search US nickels, your .999 ratio would be much lower. All of my non magnetic Canadians that I find all go back into a coin counter.

I am lost on this one as .999 is magnetic as are the steel ones. See --http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_nickel_magnetic So from the mints website looks like the 1982 to 1999 would work for that theory.

1908 to 1919
Composition: 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper
Weight (g): 1.167
Diameter (mm): 14.494
Thickness (mm): n/a

1920 to 1921
Composition: 80% silver, 20% copper
Weight (g): 1.167
Diameter (mm): 14.494
Thickness (mm): n/a

1922 to 1942
Composition: 99% nickel
Weight (g): 4.54
Diameter (mm): 21.21
Thickness (mm): 1.7

1942 to 1943
Composition: 88% copper, 12% zinc (tombac)
Weight (g): 4.54
Diameter (mm): 21.21
Thickness (mm): 1.7

1944 to 1945
Composition: chrome plated steel
Weight (g): 4.54
Diameter (mm): 21.21
Thickness (mm): 1.7

1946 to 1951
Composition: 99.9% nickel
Weight (g): 4.54
Diameter (mm): 21.21
Thickness (mm): 1.7

1951 to 1954
Composition: chrome plated steel
Weight (g): 4.54
Diameter (mm): 21.21
Thickness (mm): 1.7

1955 to 1981
Composition: 99.9% nickel
Weight (g): 4.54
Diameter (mm): 21.21
Thickness (mm): 1.7

1982 to 1999
Composition: 75% copper, 25% nickel
Weight (g): 4.6
Diameter (mm): 21.2
Thickness (mm): 1.76

2000 to date
Composition: 94.5% steel, 3.5% copper, 2% nickel plating
Weight (g): 3.95
Diameter (mm): 21.2
Thickness (mm): 1.76

From 82-99 they were not magnetic. So the machine is accepting them and you are not getting them. You are likely missing all of the ones from that chunk of time and that time period accounts for a large percentage of the Canadian nickels in circulation at this time.

NHsorter wrote:From 82-99 they were not magnetic. So the machine is accepting them and you are not getting them. You are likely missing all of the ones from that chunk of time and that time period accounts for a large percentage of the Canadian nickels in circulation at this time.

Got it.