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I found this nickel in my change jar. it sounds different when you drop it compared with other nickels. Someone told me that that's how they used to sort the silver coins out of the change they would get back in the "old" days. I have heard of silver nickels, but would this be one? it also has kind of a yellowish tinge to it.

Thanks.

 

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[Kiros32]

During the war, nickels were made with 35% silver. Any nickel made between 1941-1943 has some silver in it. You are also correct in that silver easily be spotted with the sounds it makes when mixed with other change. I found a 1941 quarter once because of the sound in my pocket. Congrats on the find.

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Correction on the date range of the silver nickels, all nickels from 1943 to 1945 had silver content, and some 1942. They can easily be distinguished by the large mint mark above the monticello dome, even from the philadelphia mint.

 

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wayne 1956

So would the '42 nickels be the ones to look for? More rare?

 

[foundinrolls]

Hi,
The mintage figures are as follows:

The ones composed of .750 copper and .250 nickel (The pre War issues)

1942 - 49,789,000 ( Philadelphia Mint)
1942 D - 13,938,000 ( Denver Mint )There is a variety of 1942 D over a horizontal D that is a nice coin to find


The ones composed of .560 copper, .350 silver and .090 manganese (The Wartime Alloy)

1942 P - 57,873,000 Philadelphia Mint
1942 S - 32,900,000 San Francisco Mint

None are really rare although the wartime nickels and the "regular" 1942 D are harder to find. There was not a Denver Mint Silver issue so there is NO 1942 D Wartime alloy version of this coin.

I hope this helps,
Bill

 

[HobBob]

...And by my calculation, the wartime silver nickels, at today's quote of $11.09 per ounce, are worth 68 cents in pure silver content.
HH,
Bob

 

[Kiros32]

Correction on the date range of the silver nickels, all nickels from 1943 to 1945 had silver content, and some 1942. They can easily be distinguished by the large mint mark above the monticello dome, even from the philadelphia mint.

Yeah I am not sure where my date range came from as I am quite familiar with coins, lol. Thanks for the correction.