The worth (value $) of a silver nickel is based on the two main points as used for all coins...the amount minted in that year and the condition. Some non-silver nickels are worth more then an actual silver nickel because of low mintage and or condition.
Your best bet is to just buy a coin magazine that has prices for coins from pennies to dollars.
With silver at $27.10 per ounce. War nickels are worth about $1.50.
No US nickels have ever been pure silver, the "war nickels" of 1942-1945 are 35% silver and are the only nickels to have any silver. Post new question.
1942-1945 are the only years silver nickels were struck, 1956 nickels are still in circulation today and are worth 5 cents.
Nickels from the WWII Years did partially have silver in them. One is worth $1.75
IF such a coin existed it would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but all nickels except the famous WWII "war nickels" are made of cupronickel, not silver.
Silver dimes (made up till 1964) contain 0.07234 troy ounces of silver. Silver nickels (only made mid-1942 to 1945) contain .05626 troy ounces of silver. Silver dimes are worth more because they have more silver in them.
Sorry, no Buffalo nickels were ever struck in silver.
Only nickels made between mid 1942 till 1945 contain silver. Currently the silver value is around $1.75 to $2.
Nickels that year weren't made of silver. There was no change in metal composition in nickels in the 1960s. The only nickels that do contain silver are those minted between 1942 and '45. Anything post-war is only worth face value.
War nickels contain about 1.5 gm of silver so they're worth about 1/20 of the current price of 1 oz of silver for the metal alone. A high-grade one can be worth up to $300 depending on condition.
Most are only valued for the silver, about $1.25 as of today.
The only US nickels to have silver in them were the 1942-1945 war nickels, from the dates yours are Liberty Head nickels that are made of 75% copper and 25% nickel. In average condition they're worth $2-$3 each.