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Yes, nails have been made of nickel as well as other metals, usually steel but also aluminum, iron, or brass. Sometimes nails may be plated with nickel.

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Yes. All US nickels except the war nickels (late 1942 to 1945) are made of 25% nickel and 75% copper.

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Are US nickels made from silver?

No. The U.S. nickel is made from, ironically, nickel and copper. (That's how it got the name.) The only nickels that ever contained silver were the famous "war nickels" minted during WWII when nickel was a strategic metal. All other nickels are made of an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel.


What is the value of a 1938 silver nickel?

The only nickels that ever contained silver were the famous "war nickels" minted during WWII when nickel was a strategic metal. All other nickels are made of an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel.


Is a 1938 US nickel silver?

The only nickels that ever contained silver were the famous "war nickels" minted during WWII when nickel was a strategic metal. All other nickels are made of an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel.


What metal is a 1888 V nickel made of?

All Liberty Head nickels are made from the same alloy as current nickels: 75% copper mixed with 25% nickel. Regardless of common misunderstandings, the only US nickels that ever contained silver were the famous "war nickels" made during WWII when nickel metal was needed for the war effort.


What is a indianhead nickel made of?

All Indian Head ( Buffalo ) nickels are made of 75% copper & 25% nickel and none were ever struck in silver.


Were US silver nickels minted in 2000?

The only nickels that ever contained silver were the famous "war nickels" minted during WWII when nickel was a strategic metal. All other nickels are made of an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel.


Is a nickel made of steel?

American nickels are made of 75% copper and 25% nickel Canadian nickels used to be pure nickel but are now made out of steel.


What is the value of a silver in a buffalo nickel?

None, because all buffalo nickels are made of the same 75% copper / 25% nickel alloy as current US nickels. The only US nickels that ever contained any silver were special "war nickels" made during 1942-45.


What is the value of a 1973 silver US nickel?

The only nickels to contain any silver were the so-called "war nickels" minted from 1942 to 1945. Your nickel, and all others ever minted except for war nickels, is made of 75% copper and 25% nickel.


What metal is a 1960 US nickel made of?

All US nickels except for the famous "war nickels" (mid-1942 to 1945) are made of the same metal, an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel. Popular misconceptions to the contrary, no nickels except for "war nickels" ever contained any silver.


What is the value of a 1940 silver nickel?

Please don't assume that because a coin is old it has to be made out of silver. These coins are called "nickels" because ... they're made from nickel (and copper). The only nickels to contain any silver were the so-called "war nickels" minted from 1942 to 1945. Your nickel, and all others ever minted except for war nickels, is made of 75% copper and 25% nickel. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1940 US nickel?"


What metal is a US nickel made from?

Nearly all US nickels are 25% nickel and 75% copper.The only exceptions were special "war nickels" made during 1942-45. Regardless of popular myths, these are the only US nickels that ever contained any silver.