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Are Coins Magnetic?

Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:27 PM
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are they?
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:29 PM
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No?
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:29 PM
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Nope.
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:30 PM
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i dont think so.

just cause most of them are filled with cheap metals on the inside like zinc.
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:30 PM
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crap. i had a great idea but it wont work if theyre not
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:32 PM
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Like you can attract them with a magnet btu theyre not magnetic by themselves.
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:33 PM
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so i could be wrong.

break out a magnet and find out the scientific way.



Try it.
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:34 PM
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so if i had a big electro magnet would it pick them up?
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:35 PM
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Not since the 1943 Steel wartime cent.



Actually, pure nickel will stick to a magnet, and I'm trying to remember what coin I found that does stick to a magnet. I know its not a US coin. I think the Canadian nickel will, if you can find one.
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:36 PM
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that prob wouldnt help much

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