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Quick question: far as I know the only silver nickels produced in US coinage was the War Nickels correct? Not even any proof sets made silver nickels am I right? Thanks! |
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Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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Haa true true. Saw 2001 S labeled 'silver nickel' today at the antique store and I was going to say something but I was only 95% positive
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With some of the strange things the mints have put out in the last 20 years I can understand why you weren't 100% certain.
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I've always wondered why the mint doesn't make 90% silver nickels for the silver proof sets.
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Because they're too cheap.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Oh, they'd pass the cost on to us, I have no doubt. |
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I've always wondered why the mint doesn't make 90% silver nickels for the silver proof sets Because they would have to get legislation through Congress authorizing the change in alloy. They don't have the legal authority to strike 90% silver "nickels". |
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If we want to nit-pick, I bet that at some point, somebody has found a nickel struck on a silver dime planchet.
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I've always wondered why the mint doesn't make 90% silver nickels for the silver proof sets. The reason 90% silver dimes, quarters and halves are included is that these were the prior composition of these coins before debasement in the 1960's. Nickels were 75% Copper/25% Nickel for the last 150 years except for a couple years during WW-II when the 35% silver ones were issued. 90% silver "nickels" of the current size in Proof sets would have no historic basis. While there were silver 5-cent pieces in the 1800's these were half the weight of the dime and haven't been minted since the 1870's. |
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Finn235 is right--here's a silver nickel, although not one likely to be found in an antique store...  |
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Cool error, Zuire! And  @n9jig & Conder, that makes sense. Thanks. When they introduced the new bill to allow (up to) 99.9% silver proofs and commems, I wish they had included verbiage to authorize minting the nickel in silver as well. |
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More detail on that nickel than id expect very cool wish it was mine
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That nickel is really interesting, I would love to own one.
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