The only nickels that ever contained any silver were those struck between 1942 and 1945, when nickel was a strategic war material. All other nickels are made of 75% copper and 25% nickel.
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Silver plated nickel will have no resale value.
DOES NICKEL SILVER HAVE ANY VALUE$ thank you
Sterling silver is 92.5% silver with 7.5% copper and no nickel.
It isn't silver. Nickel "silver" refers to an alloy of copper with nickel and zinc to make it look like silver but it really contains no silver at all.
A 1949 Nickel is NOT silver... it's worth about 5 cents. Sorry.
If you mean a Jefferson nickel dated 1942-1945 with very large mintmarks on the reverse, the silver value is about $1.00. They are 35% silver.
The value is 5 cents and it has no silver in it.
It's worth about a dollar, just for the silver.
as of today silver prices approx 1.01usd
A nickel blank planchet; nickel-$5.00 wartime silver-$350.00
No Nickels were struck in silver after 1945, the value is 5 cents.
Buffalo nickels don't contain any silver.