Should we be saving all nickels?

[ringding]

I save pennies older than 1982 because of the copper content, but should we be saving nickels instead. I checked coinflation today and the nickel in a nickel makes it worth 8 cents.

 

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[HobBob]

I'm going to, at least for now.
Besides the silver US war nickels, watch for Canadian nickels dated 1955-1981, 1946-1950 or 1922-1942 as these are 4.54 grams of 99.9% pure nickel metal, and worth more than 20 cents US. Canadian nickels dated 1982-2001 are the same composition as US nickels (75% copper, 25% nickel).
Canadian nickels 2002 and newer are mostly made of steel, as are those dated 1951-1954 and 1944-1945 (the latter two date ranges due to nickel shortages during the Korean War and WW II).
Here by the Canadian border, the pure nickel Canadian nickels are not all that hard to find. I have recovered 16 total so far, mostly by bits and pieces (plus from the one box of nickels I have searched so far).
While using a magnet can make it easy find the steel nickels, make sure you check everything that sticks to the magnet -- the pure nickel metal nickels are attracted to a magnet also, but their pull is not nearly as strong as that of steel's.
See http://www.coinflation.com/canada/ for further valuation of Canadian coinage;
and here's a link for the technical aspects of Canadian coinage:
http://www.coinscan.com/technical/canasp.html
HH,
Bob