Canadian Steel Nickels?

[blackrabbit]

So I don't know much about Canuckland nickels. Everything I have seen says the pre 82 kind are .999 nickel. But I have a couple that will stick to a magnet. Were steel nickels made for all the dates also? Please help another typical American with some worldly knowledge. Thanks!

[Spikeanator6982]

pure nickel is magnetic..so hopefully all your pre 82 ones stick..

[blackrabbit]

Cool! you learn something new every day. I thought only metals containing iron were magnetic. Here I am tossing out nickel world coins. Besides pure nickel or steel coins, will any other types of coins stick to a magnet? I see that cupronickel won't.

[Two Alpha]

2000 and newer Canadian Nickels are supposed to be 95% steel (magnetic) except...

I have a few 2000, 2001 and 2006 that are non-magnetic. An overlap into 2000 and 2001 is understandable but what's up with the 2006 non-magnetic nickels? Anybody know if all these non-magnetic nickels are the same composition as the 1982-1989 ones?

[Two Alpha]

Found this in the Nickel Testing thread, pretty much answers my question.

Make sure of your dates. Every .999 nickel I have seen has been magnetic.

If it was cupronickel (1982-1999, most 2000, some 2001, some 2006) they are not magnetic.

[henrysmedford]

As a child I used to win bets that you could pick up a nickel with a magnetic most of the betters thought I was talking about a US nickel " a US nickel does not have the amount of nickel to work. But I would show them with a Canadian nickel I would win the bet.



From the mint site--


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

[didou]

I have no idea what they are. All coins book i have and website say they are made of nickel plated steel after 1999. If they have a "P" below the queen or stick to the magnet they are probably in steel, the mint try several different penny/nickels/dime/quarters between 2000 and 2006, and don't give data about all the different coins they produce, they could be in zinc for all i know. There is a few variety each year for every coin, most of them aren't in book or clearly specified in website.

Many of these variety are collectible sometime because the 'test' coins was a very limited mintage or they have made a blank error and produce coins with a 'P' but it don't stick to a magnet. It's really confusing for everyone.

One thing is almost certain, they probably don't contain any metal/bullion value whatsoever.

Pure nickels .999 stick to a magnet but loose it's magnetic when mixed with copper (CuNi 75%/25%).
Every nickels pre-82 should stick to a magnet.
1982-1999 are CuNi and shouldn't stick to a magnet.
2000-present maybe even the mint doesn't know

[henrysmedford]

From the flap of my Whitman coin folder--

In mid-2006 the use of the P mark was discontinued in favor of a Royal Canadian Mint logo "mint mark." Also in 2006 a quantity of five-cents coins was struck on pre-2002 cupro-nickel (non-magnetic) planchets that bore neither the P nor RCM mintmark

[frugalcanuck]

I remember that anything after 1981 without a P or RCM mint mark is cupro-nickel. However I do not remember where I remember that from.

[Thogey]

Whenever I have a big lot of mixed foreign coins I pull a magnet over them and pull out the steel junk and the precious .99 Ni.

I think it's at about $11 per pound now.

[slvrbck]

So I found a canadian nickel thats looks like any other newer nick, but the date on the back is very small and reads 1867-1992. Having trouble finding any info on this coin. Sounds like it is typical 75/25, but was wondering if there is anything else interesting about this coin making it worth keeping separate from my bucket of other circulated canadians.

[henrysmedford]

So I found a canadian nickel thats looks like any other newer nick, but the date on the back is very small and reads 1867-1992. Having trouble finding any info on this coin. Sounds like it is typical 75/25, but was wondering if there is anything else interesting about this coin making it worth keeping separate from my bucket of other circulated canadians.

For price info see---https://www.jandm.com/script/getitem.asp?CID=3&PID=87

[slvrbck]

Thanks