haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 11 months agoSalim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car antennawww.nofreelunch.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkSalim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car antennawww.nofreelunch.co.ukhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoWhat? Canada has coins made from magnetic metal?
minus-squareskankhunt42@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI think the older coins were. I don’t think the newer coins are. I don’t have a magnet around but I’ll be testing it later.
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoIt looks like loonies and toonies are, at least the outside ring of the toonie. And Canadian dimes are, although American ones aren’t.
What? Canada has coins made from magnetic metal?
I think the older coins were. I don’t think the newer coins are.
I don’t have a magnet around but I’ll be testing it later.
It looks like loonies and toonies are, at least the outside ring of the toonie. And Canadian dimes are, although American ones aren’t.