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How many nickels make 1 oz of silver?

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Except for the famous "war nickels" made from mid-1942 to 1945, the answer is "none", because all other US nickels don't contain silver. Since 1866, the coin has been made of an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel.

If you have war nickels with a large mint mark on the back, these do contain a small amount of silver - 1.75 gm to be exact. Because one troy ounce is about 31.1 gm, you'd need 31.1 / 1.75, or about 18 war nickels to contain a troy ounce of silver.

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Except for "war nickels", none. All US nickels except those minted from 1942 to 1945 are made of nickel and copper.

"War nickels" contained 1.75 gm of silver instead of nickel because of wartime needs. A troy ounce is about 31.1 gm so you'd need about 18 war nickels to yield an ounce of silver.

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The first thing to know is that the US produced silver nickels ONLY during WWII, when nickel metal was needed for the war effort. Contrary to popular misunderstanding, most pre-1965 US nickels are made of the same cupronickel alloy as modern nickels and don't contain any silver at all.

"War nickels" were minted from late 1942 to 1945 and are distinguished by a large mint mark letter over the dome of Monticello. They weighed 5 gm when new and were 35% silver, so they contained 1.75 gm of pure metal each. Silver is sold by the troy ounce (31.1 gm) so you would need 31.1 / 1.75 = 18 coins (rounded to the nearest whole number) to extract one troy ounce of silver.

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"War nickels" were made from late 1942 to 1945. Each one contains 1.75 gm of silver, alloyed with copper and manganese. One troy ounce is about 31.1 gm, so you'd need 31.1 / 1.75 or about 18 war nickels to contain a troy ounce of silver.

War nickels can be identified by a large mint mark letter over the dome of Monticello on the back. Regardless of popular misunderstanding, they are the only US nickels that contain any silver.

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One silver "war" nickels (1942-45) weighs 5 grams and contains 35% silver, making 1.75 grams of silver per nickel. With one troy ounce being 31.10 grams (rounding to two decimal places), you would need 18 war nickels to get the full ounce. The exact number is 17.77, but there isn't such a thing as 77% of a nickel.

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So-called "war nickels" were made in a 35%-silver alloy and thus contain 1.75 gm of precious metal (0.35 * 5.00 gm). A troy ounce is roughly 31.1 gm; rounded to the next whole number of coins you'd need 31.1 / 1.75 = 18 war nickels to get one ounce of silver.

It's important to remember that most US nickels are not silver. Unlike dimes, quarters, and halves their standard alloy has always been 25% nickel and 75% copper. War nickels were minted only from late 1942 to 1945 due to wartime metal shortages. They can be identified by a large mint mark letter over the dome of Monticello on the back.

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A nickel weighs 5 grams. 28.35 grams = 1 oz. So 6 nickels will weigh a little more than an ounce.

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There's NO silver in nickles

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only rare ww2 nickels were 90% silver

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