>Also sprach Newton Hunt: >> >> Dear Audrey, >> >> Checking with a magnet will tell all. >> >> Newton >> nhunt@jagat.com > >Hi, list: > >If this is regarding the nickel/iron question, I'm afraid a magnet won't >help. Nickel is about as magnetically susceptible as iron. That is why >when Canada switched to all-nickel coins in the 1960's they had to change >the counterfit-dectecting system in coin vending machines. > >Tim Keenan >Noteworthy Piano Service >Kitchener, ON > Nichol is non magnetic. As is copper. Aluminum if anti-magnetic (repelled by a magnetic field). Nichol/iron alloys display some magnetic qualities as do chrome/iron alloys. Find an American nichol 5 cent piece and a magnet. Newton nhunt@jagat.com
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