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All genuine 1977 cents were struck in bronze, which is not magnetic.

If your coin sticks to a magnet it has either been plated with enough nickel or other magnetic metal to stick, or it was struck in a different metal altogether.

If it's a different metal, you either have a fantasy piece someone made privately, or possibly an error that's called an off-metal strike. That error occurs when a blank for a foreign coin accidentally gets mixed in with normal blanks at the Mint. Off-metal strikes can be worth a premium, but you'd need to have your coin inspected by a professional coin dealer or grader in order to tell if you have a true error, a fake, or just an altered coin.

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