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If I got anything there let me know
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Pillar of the Community
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Based on your description...nothing special...but I'd keep them just as I would wheat cents.
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Oh I plan on keeping them, but I am not familiar with the Henning nickels and what years they are
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I got a good question about WWII nickels. Why are WWII nickels going for a dollar or more a piece on ebay. At most they are worth about 75 cents a piece. 75 cents is the high end value. I'm not complaining becuase its more money I'm making on WWII nickels but in the long run I wouldnt pay no more than 50 cents a piece for them. |
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My guess is because they were only made for 3 years, they have silver value and they are already nearly 70 years old... Odds are these coins are only going to go up in value as the get more rare
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Pillar of the Community
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Cud Wild, silver content value is $1.74 on those nickels
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 Yep........ "silver" War Nickels is the reason....though the 2009 P Nickel is outpricing that one with NO silver I think isn't it ? ....  |
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Maineman750: The silver content in a WWII nickel is only about 50 some cents.
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Actually, it is about $1.73 now.
5 grams weight, 35% silver = 1.75 grams of silver per nickel (not accounting for wear)
Silver spot (as I post this) is $30.69 per troy ounce (31.1034768 grams)
1.75 * (30.69 / 31.1034768) = 1.72673622
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My bad then I added wrong. Thanks for the corrections. I guess they are worth about 1.73 a piece then.
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Pillar of the Community
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CudWild...there are plenty of websites that post current coin melt values...no adding required (my favorite way).
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But where is the fun in that? Math is cool!   |
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jbuck...math was my bread and butter for 24 years....let the computer do it |
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Quote:I got a good question about WWII nickels. Why are WWII nickels going for a dollar or more a piece on ebay. At most they are worth about 75 cents a piece. 75 cents is the high end value. I'm not complaining becuase its more money I'm making on WWII nickels but in the long run I wouldnt pay no more than 50 cents a piece for them. I suspect the reason is the oddity of them attracts people. There are lots of those little plastic cases with oddities in them for sale all the time. Examples are the WW2 Nickels, ond of each type of Nickel like a Liberty Head, Buffalo, Jefferson. Then too there are the 3 Steel 1943 Lincoln Cents, One of each type of Dime, One of each type od cent, etc. Not sure who makes those little plastic cases but I sse hem all the time on ebay, flea markets, coin stores, everywhere. Placing a set of WW2 Nickels together makes a sort of selling point so the prices are inflated dramatically. |
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