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OkieDigger
10-26-2009, 10:02 AM
I don't include war nickels in my silver tally, but I've seen others that do. Since they're only 35% silver I would feel like I was cheating if I included them. :grin:

bmattioli
10-26-2009, 10:06 AM
Sure do, they are Silver coinage IMO..

Bruce

Epi-hunter
10-26-2009, 10:42 AM
Silver is silver. Canadian silver coins aren't 100% silver, but I would definitely count those too :)

angellionel
10-26-2009, 10:46 AM
I tend to agree. I have always considered the wartime nickels as silver finds, even though I have never counted them in my silver totals. Perhaps I should have. :)

Epi-hunter
10-26-2009, 10:50 AM
I tend to agree. I have always considered the wartime nickels as silver finds, even though I have never counted them in my silver totals. Perhaps I should have. :)


Yeah. You need a few more silver coins to count. ;) :rolleyes: :grin:

angellionel
10-26-2009, 10:53 AM
Yeah. You need a few more silver coins to count. ;) :rolleyes: :grin:


Why not? It would mean that I don't have to hustle anymore this year. :grin:

OkieDigger
10-26-2009, 11:09 AM
Silver is silver. Canadian silver coins aren't 100% silver, but I would definitely count those too :)


For me it would have to be more than 50% silver to count it. BTW, why'd you vote no then:huh: :grin:

Epi-hunter
10-26-2009, 11:15 AM
I did? :shocked04: I voted no? I didn't think I voted at all :grin: My mouse must have a mind of its own...

Jason in Enid
10-26-2009, 03:27 PM
Why not? It would mean that I don't have to hustle anymore this year. :grin:


Angel, I think you should stop counting dimes in your silver count. You'd still have me beat, but I'm going to give you a run for the money next year.

angellionel
10-26-2009, 03:30 PM
Angel, I think you should stop counting dimes in your silver count. You'd still have me beat, but I'm going to give you a run for the money next year.


You might be right. :grin: I need to expand to other areas/states. ;)

OkieDigger
10-26-2009, 03:32 PM
What's the song by R.E.M.? Oh yeah It's the end of the world as we know it!

Jason in Enid
10-26-2009, 04:20 PM
You might be right. :grin: I need to expand to other areas/states. ;)


Uh Oh, where do you live? I might need to move farther away from you. I think the silver coins are migrating towards you as if you were a giant black-hole for silver.

marchas45
10-26-2009, 05:15 PM
I'm one of the oddballs I guess but I don't keep a count, I just throw my finds in jars. One for silver One for clad. But the good silver go in my coin folder collections. thumbsup01

z118
10-26-2009, 08:00 PM
I'm pretty sure a war nickel has exaclty as much silver in it as a silver dime... as such, they count!

EDIT - apparently I'm way off here... less silver than a silver dime.

Still, I'm counting them. If I have to make up a reason it's because they usually come out of the ground shiny like silver. Or at least better looking than regular nickels.

Beefcake
10-26-2009, 08:02 PM
I honestly have not counted this year either... Been a low silver year for me...aside from the Grandma's Horde... I'm sure I have been in the ~10 silver range... much less than last year. My silvers are put in protectors and the wheatis in a jar. I'll count them up this winter I guess while I'm going nuts with a frozen ground.

Islandhunter
10-26-2009, 08:35 PM
I don't keep a count on my silver for the year either (though I do know I am down this year from previous years), but I definitely consider the war nickels silver and would include them in a count..thats my 2 cents worth anyway (or 5 cents worth in this case I guess... :rolleyes: )

SeabeeRon
10-27-2009, 09:23 PM
I gotta start finding some before I can count them!! ;) :shocked04: :rolleyes:

hoser
10-28-2009, 12:43 AM
As lean as my silver count is, I would sure count them. But thats just me. :rolleyes:

coinnut
10-28-2009, 04:16 PM
I count them only cause it's easy :cheesysmile: I don't get much silver where I hunt, but occasionally I will hit an old house and score some. I hit a park area last year and had great, (old) silver results, but not this year. I count large coppers instead ;)

Krom
10-28-2009, 05:04 PM
I haven't been (and I voted as such), but I will from now on. Never gave it a thought... 'til now. :huh:

MNDigger
10-30-2009, 09:10 AM
I guess I never have counted them just because of the low silver content of war nickels. It is hard for me to call it a 'SILVER' coin when 65% of the coin is made up of copper and manganese. So if a coin only had 10% silver content it would be considered a silver coin too? :rolleyes:

Carver
02-15-2011, 06:39 PM
With the price of silver now,,,I'm gonna count em,,,,,,,I only find 1-3 war nicks per year anyway :thinkingabout: :thinkingabout: :thinkingabout:

Cheap Thrills
02-15-2011, 08:04 PM
They do have silver in them ,they are not that easy to find and they were created for use during WW2 so I consider them as counting for a silver find . :yes:

xzlr8n
02-15-2011, 11:43 PM
Worth as much as a silver dime. Have to count em!!!

zrickkid
02-16-2011, 12:10 AM
I count them too. Why not they do have 40% silver so why treat them like the b@stards of the coin world? :poke: You still have to find em and dig em up dont you?

Ill Digger
02-16-2011, 12:50 AM
Holy thread reserection Batman !! lol
This is a old but goody! I don't count mine in my total either :dontknow:
Not that I find a whole bunch of'em anyway lol I think I found 4 this past year and like 5 the year before :dontknow:
I do keep'em separate from the rest of the scummy clad nickles though lol

jkress
02-16-2011, 12:56 AM
Holy thread reserection Batman !! lol


lol

Great question though. Silver is silver. :yes:. I count mine.

giant056
02-16-2011, 06:19 AM
I'll take all them silver war nickels that I can get thumbsup01

cnr_dogs
02-16-2011, 09:01 AM
I have only found about 6 of them but they count in my book and are with all the other silver I have found

russellt
02-16-2011, 02:00 PM
ive never found one but i would include it with asterics

My4Kiwis
02-16-2011, 08:17 PM
Since I found my first one last week at a tot-lot and because it's my first (older) coin...I'm counting it! A 1944 Nickle is a war nickle right:huh:

Cheers,
JD

coinnut
02-16-2011, 08:38 PM
Yep, it should have a big letter P, D, or S above the dome on the back side. Plus the color is a bit different than a regular nickel.

jkress
02-18-2011, 11:40 PM
Since I found my first one last week at a tot-lot and because it's my first (older) coin...I'm counting it! A 1944 Nickle is a war nickle right:huh:

Cheers,
JD


A second yes on what coinnut said. Check above the dome. Congrats on your first silver nickel. :peace:

CTDirtFisher
02-19-2011, 07:31 PM
Its simple really... do you count 10K gold ?? Its only 41.7% gold...14k is 58.5% gold... and 18K is 75%...

Gold is GOLD!
Silver is SILVER!

Might me easier to just tally your silver in grams *shrug*

Silver war nickle is worth $1.83 right now... Silver dime is $2.36...

But all of this is my humble opinion :-)