"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:48736dbd$1@news.povray.org...

>  No, they are in fact mild steel, or at least some kind of ferrous alloy. 
> Hold a magnet to a newish copper coin. I say copper because they're 
> actually copper plated. They started doing this (in the UK), about 8 years 
> ago I think.

 Actually, I should add to that, that 'copper' coins were never pure copper 
anyway. I think they were always alloyed with some other metal like nickel 
or bronze.

   ~Steve~

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