Cadadian Cent (or "penny") Question

[Sonny01]

Canadian Cent (or "penny") Question

I got a magnet to close to my box of Canadian coins and it stuck to the side! Upon further examination several of the cents stuck to the magnetic. Why is that?
Sonny

 

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[sagittarius98]

They are copper plated steel since 2001ish. They are usually split half and half between the copper-plated steel and the copper plated zinc.

 

[Sonny01]

So in other words no big deal :-(