COIN	COMPOSITION	What parts, if any, will be ferromagnetic?
	The outer ring of the two dollar coin is nickel and the inner core is aluminum bronze (92% copper, 6% aluminum, 2% nickel).
	The one dollar coin is made of a thick layer of aureate bronze (copper and tin) plated on a thin layer of pure nickel.
	The fifty cent coin was made of nickel from 1968 until 2000, when its composition was changed to nickel plated steel (93.15% steel, 4.75% copper, 2.1% nickel).
	The twenty-five cent coin was made of nickel from 1968 until 2000, when its composition was changed to nickel plated steel (94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel).
	The ten cent coin was made of nickel from 1968 until 2000, when its composition was changed to nickel plated steel (92% steel, 5.5% copper, 2.5% nickel).
	The five cent coin was made of cupro-nickel (75% copper and 25% nickel) from 1982 until 2000, when its composition was changed to nickel plated steel (94.5% steel, 3.5% copper, 2% nickel).
	From 1997 until 2000, it was made of copper plated zinc. Prior to 1997 the one cent coin was 98% copper, 1.75% zinc and .25% other metals.
The Euro 1 cent	Thin layer of copper over steel
The Euro 2 dollar	Outer part: mostly copper-with nickel; inner part: three layers: nickel brass (mostly brass=Cu + Zn), nickel, nickel brass