Nickel Spot Price??

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Re: Nickel Spot Price??

Postby 50centsaver » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:33 pm

You wrote: "How are you planning to get unsorted Canadian nickel rolls? The percentage of Ni makes no sense to ship unsorted rolls South."

My job is a touring performer. I do school shows all across the U.S. from Sept -May. I was in northern Idaho not far from the Can border a few days ago, and cleaned out 2 banks for about $200 in Can nickels. They were happy to see them go. One bank didn't even charge me for the Can/U.S. exchange- saved $7! These are my first Can nickels. It is great fun to go thru them and find the pre 1982. I haven't finished yet but am finding quite a few. When I am done I will post the % I found out of the bunch. In one roll of 40 nickels I found 36 pre 1982!
From now on whenever I am close to Can doing my shows I will make sure to check for Can nickels.

I didn't know post 1981 Can nickels are the same composition as U.S. nickels. As I also save all U.S. nickels I will also just hang on to the post 1981 Can nickels. Thanks for the info Jade! Realcent comes thru again. It is such a great forum.
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Re: Nickel Spot Price??

Postby Z00 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:07 pm

5 Cents 2000- 3.95g 94.5% Steel 3.5% Copper 2% Nickel ----
5 Cents 1982-1999 4.6g 75% Copper 25% Nickel $0.05461
5 Cents 1944-45, 1951-54 4.54g Steel ----
5 Cents 1942-1943 4.54g 88% Copper 12% Zinc $0.03588
5 Cents 1922-42, 1946-51, 1955-81 4.54g 99.9% Nickel $0.09713
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Re: Nickel Spot Price??

Postby 50centsaver » Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:28 pm

Thanks for the clarification zoo. So is there any way to get U.S. $ for the ones that aren't worth saving?
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