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It's impossible to get any silver from buffalo nickels. They were all minted from the same metal, an alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper.
The ONLY US nickels that ever contained silver were special "war nickels" minted from late 1942 to 1945. They were made of an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese because nickel metal was needed for the war effort. These coins are distinguished by a large mint mark letter over the dome of Monticello on the back.
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How many 2005 buffalo nickels were made?
According to the US Mint:Philadelphia: 448,320,000Denver: 487,680,000San Francisco: 3,344,679 (proof coins only)
How many silver quarters does take to equal one ounce of silver?
US silver quarters weighed 6.25 gm. If you're referring to standard American weights, 1 ounce is 28.35 gm so it would take just under 5 quarters to equal an ounce. If you're referring to silver weight, the coins were 90% silver (i.e. 5.625 gm of pure metal) and a troy ounce is about 31.1 gm so you'd need about 5½ quarters to yield a troy ounce of silver.
How many grams are in a 1942 silver nickel?
All US nickels from 1866 to date weigh 5 grams.
How many silver dimes does it take to equal 1 ounce silver?
14 silver dimes equal just little more than 1 troy oz. Each coin has .07234 oz of pure silver.
How many nickels make 3.48 dollars?
69 nickels and three pennies
How many ounces of silver are in a roll of buffalo head nickels?
None, because there is no coin called a "buffalo head" nickel, and the only US nickels that ever contained silver were special "war nickels" minted from 1942 to 1945.Buffalo nickels were minted from 1913 to 1938 and are made of the same 75% copper / 25% nickel alloy used for all US nickels except war nickels.
How many silver war nickels make 1 oz of silver?
One silver war nickel weighs 5 grams and contains 35% silver, or 1.75 grams of silver per nickel. One troy ounce is 31.1 grams. It would take 18 war nickels to make one ounce of silver.
How many war nickels make an ounce of silver?
"War nickels" were made from late 1942 to 1945. Each one contains 1.75 gm of silver, alloyed with copper and manganese. One troy ounce is about 31.1 gm, so you'd need 31.1 / 1.75 or about 18 war nickels to contain a troy ounce of silver.War nickels can be identified by a large mint mark letter over the dome of Monticello on the back. Regardless of popular misunderstanding, they are the only US nickels that contain any silver.
How many nickels in a troy ounce?
The standard weight of a U.S. nickel is 5 grams. Therefore, there are 6.32 nickels per troy ounce (31.6 grams). If you are interested in determining the weight of silver in troy ounces in "war nickels" issued between 1941 and 1945, multiply the number of nickels by 0.0557. This will give you the weight of silver in troy ounces. One war nickel should contain 1.75 grams of silver. Divide by 31.6 grams per troy ounce, and you should get 0.0557.
Where can one obtain buffalo nickels?
There are many companies and websites that offer buffalo nickels for sale. Some of these companies that offer buffalo nickels for sale are eBay, Centerville Coins and Coinflation.
How many nickels equal an ounce?
six
An ounce is made up of how many nickels?
A US 5¢ coin weighs 5g. One ounce is 28.35 grams, so you can get 5 nickels in an ounce, with 3.35g to spare.
How many buffalo nickels have been minted?
Based on US Mint figures, a total of 1,212,895,399 buffalo (= Indian head) nickels were minted from 1913 to 1938
How many nickels make 1 oz of silver?
Except for the famous "war nickels" made from mid-1942 to 1945, the answer is "none", because all other US nickels don't contain silver. Since 1866, the coin has been made of an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel. If you have war nickels with a large mint mark on the back, these do contain a small amount of silver - 1.75 gm to be exact. Because one troy ounce is about 31.1 gm, you'd need 31.1 / 1.75, or about 18 war nickels to contain a troy ounce of silver.
How many nickels in one oz?
According to the US Mint website, a nickel weighs 5 grams, which is 0.1764 ounces. Divide 1/0.1764 = 5.67 nickels per ounce. So in one ounce, you can have 5 nickels.
How many silver dimes in an ounce of silver?
A bit less than 14 dimes makes a troy ounce of silver.
How many grams to make a silver ounce?
Silver & gold are weighed by the Troy ounce which is 31.1 grams.
