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Which Canadian Nickels Are Silver?

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My primary question is which canadian nickels are silver, but I'm also wondering about the other denominations.
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No Canadian nickels are silver
Silver 5cent coins were minted before 1921,they are very tiny and do not share any features with nickels
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I think the 5 cent Canadian Coins are Silver from 1858-1920.
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I think Canadian collectors tend to reject calling the small silver 5c piece a "nickel", since "nickel" refers to the metal that was originally used to make the current 21+ mm form-factor (starting in 1922 for Canada).

"Fishscales" is the nickname used for the small (15.5 mm diameter) 5c silver pieces (1858-1921)

There have never been any circulation silver "nickel" form-factor coins released in Canada. But, there have been some NCLT commemoratives. And since 1996, the proof sets have had silver 5c pieces.
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Nybird. 5 cent pieces were made in 1921 but most of them were melted down and the are very rare.
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Rather than switching the nickels to a silver alloy during wartime as in the US, in Canada the nickels were switched to brass ("tombac") and later chrome plated steel. Steel was used again during the Korean War.
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