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"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.
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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 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.
How many grams to make a silver ounce?
Silver & gold are weighed by the Troy ounce which is 31.1 grams.
How many nickels equal an ounce?
six
How many silver quarters to make 1 ounce silver?
One 1964 or earlier silver quarter= 0.1808 of an ounce of silver. So, it takes about 6 90% silver quarters to make one ounce of silver. 6 silver quarters= 1.0851 ounces.
How many mercury dimes make an ounce of silver?
13.8
How many silver dollars does take to equal one ounce of silver?
if a silver dollar is 90% silver it would take 1 and 1/10th silver dollars to make an ounce of silver
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 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 1964 nickle make ounce?
One Jefferson nickel weighs 5 grams, and one ounce is 28.35 grams. As such, it would take six nickels to reach one ounce.
How many buffalo nickels does it take to get 1 ounce of silver?
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.
How many silver dollars make 1 oz silver?
One American Silver eagle dollar will make an ounce of silver. Only silver dollars dated 1935 and older contain silver. They contain about .77 troy ounces of silver. So about 1.3 Silver dollars 1935 and older would make an ounce of silver.
