As you remember, 1964 was the year of the Great Coin Shortage. For decades the price of silver had been fixed by law at $1.29/oz, so that silver coins all had constant metal values. But when the supply of silver began to dry up, Congress deregulated the price in hopes of making mining more profitable. But instead speculators, most notably the Hunt brothers in Texas, drove the price to outrageous levels - at one point, around $50/oz. That made silver coins worth far more than their face value and people began hoarding and selling to metal dealers.
The Mint was forced to look for new metals for coins, but their research took the better part of a year because they had to find something that would be compatible with existing coin presses and would work in vending machines. In the meantime, dimes, quarters, and halves were disappearing from circulation. Stores had trouble making change; some gave a discount if you paid with coins instead of bills. To take some of the pressure off the economy while researching new metals, the Mint churned out billions of nickels as a stopgap measure. It might require 10 nickels instead of a half-dollar* but at least it was still possible to make change.
There were SO many 1964 nickels made that it's still one of the more common dates in circulation. Unless you find one in absolutely perfect condition it's only worth 5 cents.
Silver coins disappeared from circulation much faster than anyone expected, and it took until around 1968 to mint enough cupronickel "sandwich coins" and return things to normal.
(*) Unfortunately, the Mint decided to keep striking half dollars in silver, albeit at a reduced percentage. But at $50/oz there was still enough silver to make them worth melting. By the time they too were changed to "Sandwiches", the coin had effectively stopped circulating.
1964 US nickels were minted at Philadelphia (no mint mark at that time) and Denver ("D")
The same thing as now .750 copper & .250 nickel Regardless of popular misunderstandings, only silver coins were changed after 1964. Pennies and nickels (except for "war nickels") don't have silver so their composition stayed the same.
Dimes and quarters, yes. Nickels, no. 1964 was the last year for silver dimes and quarters, and nickels only contained silver during WWII.
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The only thing "special" about 1964 nickels is that billions of them were cranked out to help counter a shortage of higher-denomination coins that resulted from the run-up in silver prices. So many people were taking dimes, quarters, and halves out of circulation to sell them for their silver that it was difficult to make change. Because nickels are, well, made of nickel (as well as copper) there was no reason for people to melt them and the mints went into overdrive making that denomination. You might pay for a 65¢ item with a $1 bill and get 7 nickels in change!
1964 US nickels were minted at Philadelphia (no mint mark at that time) and Denver ("D")
The same thing as now .750 copper & .250 nickel Regardless of popular misunderstandings, only silver coins were changed after 1964. Pennies and nickels (except for "war nickels") don't have silver so their composition stayed the same.
The answer to the question: "How many nickels in five dollars." is 100 nickels. This is because there are 20 nickels in a dollar so 20x5=100
There are 20 nickels in a dollar so $18 = 18*20 = 360 nickels.
There are 20 nickels in a dollar so $9 = 9*20 = 180 nickels.
There are 20 nickels in each dollar, so there are 200 nickels in 10 dollars.
20 nickels in a dollar so if you have a million dollars you have 20 million nickels.
No.
1964
There are 20 nickels in $1 so $1000 is 20*1000 = 20,000 nickels
20 nickels in 1 dollar. So 100 x 20 = 2000 nickels
U.S. nickels dated 1964 or earlier contain the same copper/nickel blend as those dated 1965 and later. The only nickels that DO contain silver are "war" nickels dated 1942-1945, distinguishable by the large mint mark above Monticello.