Comparing Silver Content in Coins

[clarknau]

As I was going through nickels the other night I was pondering something. If you disregard the "cost" to trade in silver coins for other denominations or premiums that 90% have over say 35% war nickels and speak completely in equivalent silver content, How many war nickels equal the silver content in a given amount of dimes. I was trying to determine this in terms of whole coins.

Now I already knew that the metal content in dimes, quarters, and halves are all relative to their fave value (i.e. a half has twice as much metal as a quarter), but what about war nickels? As it turns out, I calculated it to be 9 war nickels is exactly the same amount of silver as 7 silver dimes.

I was really bored at lunch today so I decided to make a chart that contained these calculations for all the denominations. So here you go! I'm not sure how helpful this is to dealing with coins, but I think it's very interesting. I obtained all weights from coinflation for these calculations. Let me know what you think.

 

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[fistfulladirt]

I think my head hurts

 

[Eminem]

I think my head hurts

makes perfect sense

ex. war nickel is 5 cents and has a higher cent:silver OZ percentage than dimes

 

[vetarun]

I think you did a great job with it.

 

[boristhespider88]

As I was going through nickels the other night I was pondering something. If you disregard the "cost" to trade in silver coins for other denominations or premiums that 90% have over say 35% war nickels and speak completely in equivalent silver content, How many war nickels equal the silver content in a given amount of dimes. I was trying to determine this in terms of whole coins.

Now I already knew that the metal content in dimes, quarters, and halves are all relative to their fave value (i.e. a half has twice as much metal as a quarter), but what about war nickels? As it turns out, I calculated it to be 9 war nickels is exactly the same amount of silver as 7 silver dimes.

I was really bored at lunch today so I decided to make a chart that contained these calculations for all the denominations. So here you go! I'm not sure how helpful this is to dealing with coins, but I think it's very interesting. I obtained all weights from coinflation for these calculations. Let me know what you think.

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I like it. What about another section that shows silver content in a 90% Morgan/Peace dollar?

 

[kfs]

As I was going through nickels the other night I was pondering something. If you disregard the "cost" to trade in silver coins for other denominations or premiums that 90% have over say 35% war nickels and speak completely in equivalent silver content, How many war nickels equal the silver content in a given amount of dimes. I was trying to determine this in terms of whole coins.

Now I already knew that the metal content in dimes, quarters, and halves are all relative to their fave value (i.e. a half has twice as much metal as a quarter), but what about war nickels? As it turns out, I calculated it to be 9 war nickels is exactly the same amount of silver as 7 silver dimes.

I was really bored at lunch today so I decided to make a chart that contained these calculations for all the denominations. So here you go! I'm not sure how helpful this is to dealing with coins, but I think it's very interesting. I obtained all weights from coinflation for these calculations. Let me know what you think.

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And you did all this during lunch? An interesting chart

 

[TimZim]

If your money is tight then sure, If not go for the big stuff.

 

[Rushfan]

On my lunch break I watched South Park on Netflix. Thanks for the inferiority complex!