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US Coins actually have very little nickel in them. Cents are copper-plated zinc, nickels are actually 75% copper, and other denominations are over 80% copper.

That means there isn't a sufficient density of nickel to be strongly attracted to a magnet. However even though it's not enough to be felt by your hands, there's still enough attraction that the electronic scanners in most vending machines can measure it as a way to detect counterfeit coins.

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