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The steel copper clad UK coins rust whereas the older solid bronze ones
didn't. Billy "Hatunen" wrote in message ... On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:27:05 +0000 (UTC), (Paul Ciszek) wrote: According to Wikipedia, the minor (less than a loonie) Canadian coins have steel cores. Are they magnetic? If not, why not? The article does not list chromium as a constituent, which it would have to be if the cores were stainless steel. Do they rust? -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:43:48 GMT, "note.boy"
wrote: "Hatunen" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:27:05 +0000 (UTC), (Paul Ciszek) wrote: According to Wikipedia, the minor (less than a loonie) Canadian coins have steel cores. Are they magnetic? If not, why not? The article does not list chromium as a constituent, which it would have to be if the cores were stainless steel. Do they rust? The steel copper clad UK coins rust whereas the older solid bronze ones didn't. Billy I would be very surprised if a bronze coin rusted. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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"Hatunen" wrote in message ... On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:43:48 GMT, "note.boy" wrote: "Hatunen" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:27:05 +0000 (UTC), (Paul Ciszek) wrote: According to Wikipedia, the minor (less than a loonie) Canadian coins have steel cores. Are they magnetic? If not, why not? The article does not list chromium as a constituent, which it would have to be if the cores were stainless steel. Do they rust? The steel copper clad UK coins rust whereas the older solid bronze ones didn't. Billy I would be very surprised if a bronze coin rusted. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * It's easy to spot the bronze coins in a charity fountain found in many shopping centres, they are the ones that have no rust on them. Billy |
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