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rachums107 Pillar of the Community United States 3345 Posts	Posted 04/01/2011 7:47 pm My primary question is which canadian nickels are silver, but I'm also wondering about the other denominations. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 04/01/2011 8:11 pm No Canadian nickels are silver Silver 5cent coins were minted before 1921,they are very tiny and do not share any features with nickels Edited by DBM 04/01/2011 8:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
nybird Valued Member United States 459 Posts	Posted 04/01/2011 8:15 pm I think the 5 cent Canadian Coins are Silver from 1858-1920. Report this Post to the Staff
dialog_gvf Pillar of the Community Canada 1581 Posts	Posted 04/02/2011 1:48 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
soccerdad Valued Member Canada 311 Posts	Posted 04/02/2011 1:59 pm Nybird. 5 cent pieces were made in 1921 but most of them were melted down and the are very rare. Report this Post to the Staff
psi Valued Member Canada 53 Posts	Posted 04/03/2011 11:52 am 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. Report this Post to the Staff
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