To tally or not to tally, that is the question

[OkieDigger]

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.

[bmattioli]

Sure do, they are Silver coinage IMO..

Bruce

[Epi-hunter]

Silver is silver. Canadian silver coins aren't 100% silver, but I would definitely count those too

[angellionel]

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]

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.

[angellionel]

Yeah. You need a few more silver coins to count.

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

[OkieDigger]

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

[Epi-hunter]

I did? I voted no? I didn't think I voted at all My mouse must have a mind of its own...

[Jason in Enid]

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

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]

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. I need to expand to other areas/states.

[OkieDigger]

What's the song by R.E.M.? Oh yeah It's the end of the world as we know it!

[Jason in Enid]

You might be right. 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]

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]

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]

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]

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... )

[SeabeeRon]

I gotta start finding some before I can count them!!

[hoser]

As lean as my silver count is, I would sure count them. But thats just me.

[coinnut]

I count them only cause it's easy 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]

I haven't been (and I voted as such), but I will from now on. Never gave it a thought... 'til now.