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submitted 1 week ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nope. Copper and nickel.

“Modern dimes are made of an outer cladding of 75% copper and 25% nickel, with an inner core of pure copper. “

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

Ah well that sucks. Canadian dimes are magnetic, I thought it may have been similar.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is nickel not magnetic? I guess the outer cladding must be pretty thin.

[–] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No US coins are attracted to magnets.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Except for the steel penny they made for one year.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably to prevent rust?

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Also iron/steel are difficult to mold.