No circulating US Coins have ever been made of pure silver, and the only nickels that ever contained any of the metal were the so-called "war nickels" minted from 1942 to 1945. They're distinguishable by the large mint mark over the dome of Monticello on the back. They're about 1/3 silver and currently sell for around a dollar in average worn condition.
ALL other nickels, regardless of date, were and are made of 75% copper, 25% nickel. Any with dates from the mid-1950s to today are pretty much worth only face value. If you have older nickels check out www . coinclub . com/prices for a decent portal to valuation pages.
Please don't assume that because a coin is old it has to be made of silver. All buffalo nickels are made of the same 25% nickel / 75% copper alloy used in modern nickels. Internet rumors notwithstanding, NO buffalo nickels ever contained any silver.
As of this time (10:43pm EDT) silver is $17.34 per oz. All US Morgan & Peace Dollars have the same composition of .900 silver/.100 copper with a net weight of .77344oz of silver they are not pure silver. Which gives them a value of $13.41 each for the bullion. The Mint does produce Silver Eagle one dollar bullion coins that are considered pure silver.
A nickel is worth 5 cents so n nickels have a value of 5n cents.
5-19-11>> The coin is actually an American Silver Eagle bullion coin that is made from one ounce of .999 pure silver. It's value is tied to the spot price of silver at the time of sale, which is $35.02 today
5-18-11>> The coin is an American Silver Eagle that's one ounce of pure silver. The value is tied to the spot price of one ounce of silver at the time of sale. As of this date it's $35.03 at 10:09 am.
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.
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.
Never. They're called nickels for a reason. The only U.S. nickels to contain any silver at all, at 35%, were "war" nickels dated 1942-1945. Nothing before or after was made of silver.
No dates. No circulating U.S. coin has ever been pure silver. The "War Nickels" from late 1942 through 1945 with large reverse mintmarks were made of 35% silver. All other nickels from 1866 to the present are 75% copper and 25% nickel.
The only time US nickels were silver was from 1942-1945. They contain 40% silver. They have a metal value of around 2 dollars.
None have any silver value. US nickels made from 1866 to mid-1942 and from 1946 to the present are made of a copper-nickel alloy, not silver.
Canadian nickels (1922-present) never contained silver. Centennial nickels were made of 99.9% pure nickel metal.
1942-1945 are the only years silver nickels were struck, 1956 nickels are still in circulation today and are worth 5 cents.
Only nickels made between mid 1942 till 1945 contain silver. Currently the silver value is around $1.75 to $2.
No circulating US coin was ever made out of pure silver. The only nickels that ever contained any silver (only 35%) are the "war nickels" from 1942 to 1945. They all have large mintmarks above the dome of Monticello on the reverse of the coin. 1959 is a very common date still in circulation with just a face value of 5 cents.
At one time they had silver in them, but weren't pure silver. They have been 25% nickel and 75% copper since 1866.
No Nickels were struck in silver after 1945, the value is 5 cents.