Are Nickel Coin From France And The Netherlands And Such 100% Nickel?

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JoeTheLucky Valued Member United States 113 Posts	Posted 01/18/2021 9:55 pm Are old coins made from nickel from such countries above made out of 100% nickel or what purity of that metal. Maybe these nickel coins could be a subsidiary of the silver subsidiary of a sort of gold standard. I mean, old 1 francs from France from the 60's-70's are worth about 10 cents in nickel. Edited by JoeTheLucky 01/18/2021 10:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff

That Coin Dude Pillar of the Community United States 1427 Posts	Posted 01/18/2021 10:41 pm If something is labeled as being 'nickel' it is most definitely of high purity Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 01/18/2021 11:56 pm I have a stash of about a kilogram of pure nickel coins from around the World. Problem with pure nickel as a coinage metal is that it is relatively hard, and working dies have a shorter working life, and thus the coins cost a bit more to produce. The heaviest pure nickel coins issued into wide scale circulation that I can find are the 50 Francs of French Polynesia and New Caledonia - 15 grams weight. Canada pure nickel Dollars 15.62 grams. Examples of common pure nickel coins of Europe:- Netherlands 1 Guilder France 2 Francs. Report this Post to the Staff
norantyki Valued Member 404 Posts	Posted 01/19/2021 03:24 am Agreed with the above comments vis-a-vis purity. As for your comment about the gold / silver standard, these coins generally replaced silver pieces of the same size / approximate weight in the 1960s, as currency devaluations paired with rising silver prices meant that the silver content began to exceed the face value of the coins. Nickel was chosen for its durability, as well as the fact that it could be used to produce coins bearing similar specifications to their silver counterparts (an important aspect for the vending machine industry). The choice was not, on the other hand, made based on any consideration of intrinsic value (other than removing silver from coin), but there is a relationship. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17930 Posts	Posted 01/19/2021 04:43 am I have several French BU sets from the 1960s - 1990s in their original mint packaging. The metal content of the half-, one- and two-franc coins is shown on the packaging as 'nickel pur' = pure nickel. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
X2an Pillar of the Community Sweden 1078 Posts	Posted 01/19/2021 08:52 am I sold a decent bunch of these to a scrap dealer last week and to be sure they tested the metal - 98% nickel they said, enough for them to buy the lot as pure nickel. Don't know what the 2% impurity was about since they cut into the cores of the coins and tested that, I don't know their methods/instruments at all. Report this Post to the Staff
JoeTheLucky Valued Member United States 113 Posts	Posted 01/19/2021 09:17 am I mean alot of those coins have very little numismatic value so I suppose you could sell them to a refiner of something. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisEd Pillar of the Community United States 5182 Posts	Posted 01/19/2021 10:06 am The melt value of a Dutch 1 Gulden nickel coin (1967-2001) is about $0.11. Coin weight: 6 grams. Current Ni price: $17.97/kg. Report this Post to the Staff
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