What is Worth More? Silver Nickels are Worth More Than You Think!

[banana6256]

can u extartct the silver?

[Coins4Cheese]

@banana6256 Not for the war nickles. It's mainly hypotheticaly speaking.

[banana6256]

@Coins4Cheese i was asking since theres the silver melt value when they melt them can u extract the silver?

because if u have a 90percent half dollar it could be .900 fine silver

[Coins4Cheese]

@banana6256 Yeah people do melt down the coins and sell the silver in them.

[angelripper1]

your wrong war nickels contain 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese

[Coins4Cheese]

@angelripper1 That's what I said, i was focusing on the silver and not on any of the other compositions...

[doogleandalix]

I found a 1995 or 1996 S nickel in my drawer that I had been saving for years for some odd reason . There seems to be NO copper at all on the egde and sure looks like silver - is that possible?

[Coins4Cheese]

@doogleandalix None of the nickels have copper on their edges; regardless if its a proof coin.

[doogleandalix]

@Coins4Cheese thanks - I have no idea now why I had saved with some coins .

[Coins4Cheese]

@doogleandalix If it has an S mintmark, I would keep it. Although there is no metal value in them, a proof coin is still awesome to have.

[doogleandalix]

@doogleandalix Thx- I'll do that . Just curious as to why I saved it back in 1995 -lol. Are only the coins with an S proof coins? Just checking my change and many have D's or P's - are those worth hanging onto ? I also found a 1963 quarter in my wallet - that's got some silver,right ? Just watched a few videos of yours and others and this is fun .

[giggitygiggity890]

20 nickels - 1.1253 oz silver

Morgan SD - .7735 oz silver

plus the nickels have copper in them,,,,not much, but still has melt value

[dantheman1178]

The morgan dollar has 90 percent silver in it buddy you gotta get your fatcs straight also 1964 kenndy half dollar has 90% silver so there for the morgan dollar has more silver in it

[Coins4Cheese]

@dantheman1178 Idk what you're talking about. If you looked at the date posted, silver was worth less than its worth now, therefor the silver dollar has a lesser value. Also, if you were paying attention, I was saying the value for each one dollar for dollar.

[steveike1]

@dantheman1178 i have been saying this for 10 yrs now!!! the war nickels do in fact have the most silver content per face value, than any other u.s.(circulation type) coin.... think about it 2 war nickels have more silver content than 1 silver dime :)

[paulypaulification]

@dantheman1178 I think you are the one who needs to get his facts straight.

[phillip78]

I got 2 silver nickels in change at walmart a few weeks ago. Talk about luck.

[nottinmatterz2day]

20 nickels

[TheAudiorub]

should i get bullion r sometime small like war nickels r dimes

[Coins4Cheese]

@TheAudiorub It depends. Buy war nicks and dimes (preferably dimes) for small, incremental purchases should the dollar become obsolete. Buy oz bullion as a PM investment either short-term or long-term. Some people watching this video may think that war nickels are the way to go because of their good face-value:silver content ratio, but the fact is is that in order to get to the silver, you must refine the coin, and since the silver is in such small amounts in each coin, its difficult to do so.

[semaj175]

@TheAudiorub cant go wrong with silver american eagles 100 percent silver well almost 99.9 percent at an ounce i bought mine like 5 mos ago for 34 bucks its woth 40 now

[thevideovlogger]

What has more silver? 20 Kennedy Half Dollars or 20 war-time nickels...

[silvercoincollecter]

great vid kento, but unfortunetly i just have 1 lol HH

[snuggleupisus]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. Quite a lot of thought provoking there.

[ScorpioBornIn69]

The wartime nickels have been very hard to find. Ten years ago, I used to find them from time to time, from rolls from the banks and slot machines in the casinos. Now they are really hard to come across. Appears now with the current silver prices far more people are looking for these along with all other silver coins.

[occupationarmy]

Thats interesting. I just found a 1943 S nickel in some change. I have some silver dimes and quarters as well as one Morgan dollar.

[FortNikitaBullion]

Not only that, but Silver War Nickels seem to be quite undervalued, sometimes only going for 50% of their silver value especially in bulk. I think they turn up in circulation a lot more often than the other silver coins too. Yes, it might be expensive to refine them today, but if we expect silver to skyrocket, the refining costs will become more and more negligible as silver goes up.

[BMWg84]

I am a big fan of pre 1960 nickels

[FortNikitaBullion]

@BMWg84 Me too, even the non-silver ones, and especially if I can just pull them out of circulation. Nickels are great already for their bullion.

[deathmarch5]

The difference is silver content was the cost to create the higher amount of coins to produce 10 dimes as appose to one coin as a US silver Morgan dollar. the cost to create the dollar coin was approximately the same cost to stamp out a dime. The war time nickles should have followed suit but because copper was at a huge premium for bullet casings the even in 1943 made steel pennies coated in zinc

[The88camaro]

i am a big silver hoarder and war nickels are scarce in my collection. Is it wise to buy and invest in these right now? What are your thoughts?

[Coins4Cheese]

@The88camaro Personally, I say go for it! Also, invest in one ounce silver bullion, because silver is going to go one way- UP!

[Negativerything]

I thought that given their lower silver content that war nickles were really hard to refine, hence their lower value to dealers, refiners, etc.

[Coins4Cheese]

@Negativerything Yes very good point. When I was making this video, I wasn't thinking of the actaull value (cost it takes to refine the coins), just the silver value.

[steamingpoopfart]

@Negativerything You would think that but its not the case the silver melts at a lower temperature then the other metals so the unwanted metals sink to the bottom of what ever there melting them in.

[gtfan7676]

very nice. did you find any of those mercury's in bank rolls?

[Coins4Cheese]

@gtfan7676 Ha; I wish! But no, they were from my Grandma, who was somewhat a coin hoarder.

[gtfan7676]

@Coins4Cheese o ok i see. ya id be suprised if they were. They do come around from bank rolls but very rarely

[tesskansas]

Great video. Great topic. Thank you for posting.

[FrankzTerz]

your voiced changed a lot!

awesome vid dude thumbs up!

[rainbowcoins]

Very smart and interesting. I never looked at them in that perspective before with my many years of coin collecting. Thanks for sharing Kento!

[Ripley44mag]

Interesting Cheese. Never thought along those lines. Good Stuff. Ripley

[Decoy8]

You bring up a point that not many people know. The best part is that they ususally sell these nickels around spot or less. Perhaps it is the fact that they are only 35% that makes them unattractive. Many people also don't know why a silver dollar has more silver in it than say 2 halves, 4 quarters or 10 dimes.

[Mongofa]

put this on coinspace!

[TheZippoCollector]

Interesting video and good idea. You should definately make videos more frequently. Also how many 90% US silver coins do you own? Maybe do a video on all that you own. Take it easy

[crunch7077]

Nice video, thanks for posting !

[DeeHong]

Great to see you back making videos! your voice changed a lot!

Great video <(^-^)<

[Raycheetah]

20 silver war nickels contain a total of 1.125 troy oz of silver. The only problem is, the war nickels are alloyed with manganese, which makes recovery of the silver from the nickels very difficult for a smelter (which may have been the idea). If you don't need to reduce the nickels (and there's really no good reason to), then, absolutely, they are a good value, relative to the other coins! Great vid! =^[.]^=