No. War nickels dated 1942-45 contain 35% silver, with 56% copper and 9% manganese.
It's worth about a dollar, just for the silver.
Around $1.50.
Nickel silver is a type of alloy made from copper, nickel, and zinc, but it does not contain any silver. It is not magnetic because none of the metals it is composed of—copper, nickel, and zinc—are magnetic in their pure form.
No, nickel is an element. Silver is another element. Neither are alloys, silver only contains silver, nickel only contains nickel. "German silver", which is not actually silver, does contain nickel. It's a silver-colored alloy of nickel, copper and zinc.
Any Canadian dime dated 1967 or earlier is silver. Then some in 1968 were 50% silver, others were pure nickel. The nickel ones are magnetic.
Buffalo nickels stopped being minted in 1938. If you're referring to a '44 Jefferson war nickel, then it contains 35% silver.
At one time they had silver in them, but weren't pure silver. They have been 25% nickel and 75% copper since 1866.
Yes but try a Canadian nickel because american nickels a 75% copper
Canadian nickels (1922-present) never contained silver. Centennial nickels were made of 99.9% pure nickel metal.
It is worth silver scrap, about $1.50-2 depending on the spot price of silver. It is 35% silver.
Nickel silver is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, and it was used to make 'silver' coins that were previously made in silver or 50% silver. British coins were silver up to 1921 and 50% silver until 1946, and then they were made of nickel silver. Sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver.
No. No circulating coinage was ever PURE silver, but generally a blend of silver and copper. That said, coins of the Korean won are currently made of aluminum or a nickel/copper blend.