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Are seated Liberty dollars magnetic

Updated: 9/14/2023
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No - they're 90% silver, 10% copper, neither of which have more than a minuscule amount of magnetic properties.

If you have a coin that sticks to a magnet it's a counterfeit. The market has been flooded with fakes, some quite good, some laughably bad. Sounds like you have the latter.

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