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A standard US nickel coin contains 1.25 grams of the element nickel. The rest is copper.

However from mid-1942 to the end of 1945, the U.S. minted 5-cent coins out of an alloy of silver, copper, and manganese because nickel metal was needed for the war effort. Their silver content is the reason "war nickels" are worth more than other nickels of a similar age.

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