Unexpected result of property `copy` attribute

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I've implemented NSCopying for own class and when I use this class as a property with copy attribute I'm expecting that it should use [... copy]/[... copyWithZone:] method. But it returns a reference to the same object. But if I use copy attribute for NSString it works or when I directly call copy method. My question why copy attribute is not working for own class that supports NSCopying protocol?

@interface A: NSObject<NSCopying>
@property(nonatomic, strong) NSNumber *num;
@end

@implementation A

- (instancetype) init {
    if(self = [super init]) {
        _num = @0;
    }
    return self;
}

- (instancetype)copyWithZone:(NSZone *)zone {
    A *newA = [A new];
    newA.num = [self.num copyWithZone:zone];
    return newA;
}

@end

@interface B: NSObject
@property(nonatomic, copy) NSString *str;
@property(nonatomic, copy) A *objA;
@end

@implementation B

- (instancetype) init {
    if(self = [super init]) {
        _objA = [A new];
        _str = @"0";
    }
    return self;
}
@end

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
        B *objB = [B new];

        A *newA1 = objB.objA.copy;
        newA1.num = @1;
        NSLog(@"%@ %@", newA1.num, objB.objA.num);

        A *newA = objB.objA;
        NSString *newStr = objB.str;

        newA.num = @1;
        newStr = @"1";

        NSLog(@"%@ %@", newA.num, objB.objA.num);
        NSLog(@"%@ %@", newStr, objB.str);
    return 0;
}

Output:

1 0
1 1
1 0

Expected output:

1 0
1 0
1 0
0

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