Ive been told coins before 1964 are partly made up of silver. were nickels ever made with silver?
2007-12-18 02:00:07 · 11 answers · asked by Stephanie 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
No the only nickels made of silver were in the WWII years. They are worth about $1.50 each.
2007-12-18 02:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Were Nickels Ever Silver
2016-12-29 15:42:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The war nickels from 1942-1945 with the large mint marks above the dome of Monticello are made of 56%copper, 35% Silver, and 9% manganese. All other nickels (5 cent coins) are a mixture of copper and nickel. The first coins to be worth 5 cents are called 1/2 dimes and they were made of .900 silver except fot the vary early years the had less silver. The dime, quarter and 1/2 dollar minted 1964 and before are 90% silver. The 1/2 dollars from 1965-1970 are 40% silver, that is the 1/2 dollars only.
2007-12-18 03:57:24 · answer #3 · answered by Taiping 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
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All dimes and quarters dated 1964 and earlier are 90% silver. Yes, a coin shop will buy them for around 25 times face value. Nickels only contained silver from 1942 to 1945. Those nickels have the distinctive large mint mark above the building on the back.
2016-04-02 05:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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were nickels ever made with silver?
Ive been told coins before 1964 are partly made up of silver. were nickels ever made with silver?
2015-08-18 19:25:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only were nickels made from silver but silver was also made from nickels. When the price of silver rose sufficiently people started melting down the nickels and getting the silver out of them.
2007-12-18 02:08:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anpadh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, part silver, during the war years from 1942-1945.
2007-12-18 02:03:30 · answer #7 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you go to the site listed below, you will fing your answer. According to the site, yes they were made of silver before the civil war and they were called half dimes.
2007-12-18 02:06:39 · answer #8 · answered by swtazzgagrl 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually all "silver" coins were once made of silver... Just within the last century were they converted. It became too expencive for them to be made of silver anymore.
2007-12-18 02:04:30 · answer #9 · answered by erin_foss8191@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
2007-12-19 08:53:52 · answer #10 · answered by thegreatone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋