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 Posted - 12/20/2006 : 21:23:51
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Hello everyone, I have been reading your forums for a little while and have learned a lot, and enjoy checking in and seeing what is being discussed each day. I have been sorting my copper cents for a while, and have had the thought that the nickel would be worth keeping as well, so imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon this site!
Ok if I can ask a question now.... I have been saving my copper coins for quite a while, and from time to time I still find a pre '64 dime or an occasional quarter, but on the nickels, are the new ones still as good as the older ones? I think they feel different and lighter. oh! and are the dimes quarters and halves that are 1965 to 1970 40% silver? I still find them in my change and have kept them.
Thanks for the great forum.
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Posted - 12/21/2006 : 01:52:37
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Welcome aboard.
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To your qwestion on nickles, I think the answer is yes. I think that old nickles are 25% nickle and 75% copper and new ones are the same. Some Older Canadian nickles are 100% nickle, but I've not seen one.
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Metalophile
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Posted - 12/21/2006 : 02:07:23
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As for 40% silver, only the half dollars from 1965-1970 are 40% silver. Dimes and quarters of those dates are cupro-nickel clad with a copper core. Check their edges, they have a copper band in the edge.
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Posted - 12/21/2006 : 17:46:13
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Welcome.......Great ta see a new member !
The jefferson nickel has been minted since 1938.
Only changes to the composition that im aware of
was in 1942.
Due to the war at that time the mint changed to a
silver alloy and was.
56% copper
35% silver
9% manganese
Nickel being a critical material was eliminated
for the war effort.
These nickels were produced from 1942-1945 and are
easily identified by the mint mark on the
reverse above the dome on the monticello.
"History records that the money changers have used
every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent
means possible to maintain their control over governments
by controlling the money and its issuance."
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Posted - 12/21/2006 : 18:18:53
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| Wow thanks for the welcomes and all of the info! |
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Canadian_Nickle
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 12/21/2006 : 22:07:08
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just carl
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 07:54:32
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Welcome to the World of coins. If you think about it, it is sort of a silly hobby. Tiny little pieces of metal with all sorts of pictures and writting on them, many different sizes, differnt materials, thicknesses, from all over the world, etc. Now some are being produced with stuff on written on the edge. Some have reeds on the edge that could be used as a saw. We take these things, sort them by the different types, colors, etc and put them in books, small cardboard flips, plastic holders, etc. Then we spend money (coins are money) coming up with ways to protect them from the elements. We spend more on safes, safe deposit boxes, dehumidfiers, burgler alarms, etc. All this for little tiny pieces of things that were ment to be used.
Again, welcome to coin collecting.
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just carl
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USA
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 07:57:26
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Oh here is one more tip. Get a 3 ringed binder, print out the more educational topics and put them in the binder. Sort them out by topic. Make your own book on coins from this and other coin forums.
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