Western Africa 100 Francs [solved]

I have the following coin from Western Africa - 100 Francs:



It is dated 2002, which according to our catalogue should be KM #4, however, mine is magnetic, which would mean this one, but this is only from 2012 onwards.



Can anyone help, shed any light on which one is correct?

Thanks (in advance),
Phil :)

Nickel is magnetic

In other words, nickel is attracted to a magnet.....

Ole

Ok, so is it simply the page for KM#4 which needs changing to read magnetic instead of non-magnetic? Can anyone else check their 100 franc coins from Western Africa from 1967-2009 to see if they are all magnetic?

Thanks.

p.s. actually I also have 2 others of these coins from 1969 and 1976 according to my coin list, so I will also pull these tonight and check if they are magnetic or not. If so I will request the change to be made. Thanks.

Quote: "pcarey2003"​Ok, so is it simply the page for KM#4 which needs changing to read magnetic instead of non-magnetic?

​Yes, definitely. I've just checked 10 different dates between 1967 and 1980 and they are all magnetic, so it's not a surprise your 2002 is magnetic too.

Besides, other than in our catalogue, Krause 2017 says 2012 is also nickel in stead of nickel plated steel. I know the last years there are many mistakes in Krause so I don't know which one is correct:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces53892.html

I was going to ask the same thing. Mine is 1980 and is magnetic.