War nickels.....do you add them to your silver count?

[HighVDI]

They're only 33% silver I think....roughly.

So at years end do you all add them to your silver coin count?

 

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[pepperj]

Now I'm just putting this out for an example of silver content items. :In the UK any item (not coin) that has 10% silver content and is over 300yrs has to be reported.
War nickels are of 33% and less then 1/3 of the required yrs, but are over 3 times the amount in silver content.
So I would add them, because they're cool, and are of silver bearing metal.

 

[ChampFerguson/TN]

Yes.

And fwiw, Silver Plate = No.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Yes. I count silver nickels in my silver coin counts. When tallying "# of silver" for record sakes (or posts or duels, etc...). Although only 35% silver , yet they contain almost as much (just a bit less) silver content than silver dimes do. Because of being a larger coin.

 

[kingskid1611]

Absolutely they have silver content therefore qualify as the collectible nickel........

 

[HighVDI]

Ok, was thinking about doing a 2017 finds thread and didn't want bashed, lol.

 

[Gavinsdiscoveries]

I hang onto them and if I already have a nicer example I sell it for 26x its face value (1.30) Not bad profit!

 

[Jason in Enid]

I dont consider them in my silver tallies, nor do I store them with my hoard of silvers.

 

[lockster99]

I count them....but I make them stay in another box to keep the clad from from cross mojulating with my 90%ers giving me an uncalculatable mess!

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I definitely count them. Any coin that has 1.75 grams of silver is a silver coin in my book. They have almost as much silver as a Canadian dime and those count, so why wouldn't a war nickel?

 

[Icewing]

35% silver, and yes they go in coin flips and in my coin collection binder.

I don't collect under anyone else's guidelines. I do it for me, and how I want to do it.

 

[HighVDI]

35% silver, and yes they go in coin flips and in my coin collection binder.

I don't collect under anyone else's guidelines. I do it for me, and how I want to do it.

Seems there are a few different opinions out there so I'm glad I asked.

 

[against the wind]

Been detecting and collecting for a long time.
Wartime silver nickels are unique and aren't found that often. Because of their 35 % Silver content I count them seperately from other nickels.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Many of us count them as silver. It's your coin, your finds, and your goals. Do as you wish, and to heck with the Nay-Sayers.

 

[jerseyben]

The alternative being what? Spending them as pocket change?

 

[HighVDI]

Yeah, that's it.....