War Nickels - 5 Reasons They Are AWESOME to Stack!
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- This video is all about war nickels and why they are an awesome type of silver to stack. War Nickels years are 1942-1945 and contain 35% silver. I share details on how to recognize them and why they are great to be stacking. If you have not considered stacking war nickels then I think you should give them a chance. I love war nickels and I will be stacking more of them in the future for sure! War nickels value are based on the spot price of silver. When the spot price of silver goes up then war nickels worth goes up. War Time Nickels NEED to be a part of every silver stackers portfolio in my opinion.
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at 2:02 I meant to say silver not copper 😂🤦🏽♂️ it happens... have you seen my video on silver dimes? check it out! czcams.com/video/_LHzCWcNXrE/video.html
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You've got big points with easy recognition and lack of counterfeiting. My reason for war nicks, is that if there are ever currency problems, at current spot prices, a war nickel approximates $1 on barter. Everybody understands what a dollar is, and war nickels become de facto specie backed dollars for barter.
The fact that they can be had under spot just adds to their allure.
I just started coin roll hunting heavy in the past year and I've pulled about 15 from bank rolls...can't get mad at paying five cents for one
@@code1555do your banks get passed when ya try to return coins ya don't want? Or do ya stack nickels in general to weigh stuff down
*banks get pissed?
Finally someone that knows what they are talking about. I am 62 and have been collecting silver since 1974. I have vaulted and insured outside Austin Texas over 6000 lbs of silver. Wish it was gold but that's another story. I have over 300,000 war nickels and drawers are tripping over themselves to buy mine when I say how many I have. I recently sold 12,000 at one time for 3 dollars over current spot. All over uou tube you see these guys saying war nickels are a waste of energy snd time. Bull. Nothing other than kilo bars and above can I buy as close to spot as war nickels. Go look they are sold out everywhere. Don't believe what all these supposed experts are saying they are a little tough to manage due to weight but as far as pure buying close to spot and being wanted by everyone you can't beat them. I hope I live up see silver make its great run I've waited 50 years. If not that's ok my two sons can enjoy it.
The current US admin pushing a digital dollar might push more citizens into hard assets including those nickels. I have a couple rolls stored here.. Hoping to leave my kids a bit more
I love war nickels and the real beauty of them is that there are still many found circulating since some people don't know they are silver. Great tip about not having to report a sale over $1,000.00
I used to find them occasionally when coin roll hunting.
i had no idea at all silver was in any nickle at all, even in a family of US coin collectors, so this is HUGELY important info here. Regarding forms and sales, WHY DOES ANYONE CARE to do so in a country where they have been and are trying to destroy everyone and everything more than anywhere in the world?!?! The US agencies deserve zero respect zero obedience and zero fucks given. Has anyone ever seen the amount of banned toxins around the world in our food and drugs that are banned in the EU and allowed in US?
Excellent presentation! Thank you for sharing this silver stacking information with all of us!
Kevin Gange you got it my friend thanks for watching!!! 🔥🐉
Great video. Yes, war nickels take up a lot of space, but well worth it. Just bought a $50 face value canvas bag of War Nickels from APMEX. I will put these at the bottom of my safe with the canvas bag of Pre-82 copper pennies. I love both the silver and copper content of war nickels. Magnesium adds to the greasy texture. Be well my friends and keep stacking. 😀😀😀
I have a 43 p that IS NOT 35 % silver... it has 35% silver plating...YES.. you better hope they aren't all this way or you got screwed...there is NO WAY POSSIBLE THAT 35% OF THIS COIN IS SILVER..
@@vonheltonscontradictions you’re just flat out wrong.
The 9% manganese gives them an odd color but they are absolutely 35% silver.
These have been around since WW2, and not insignificant numbers of them have since been melted down and refined. Bags of them have also, I’m sure, been weighed countless times now.
If they did not actually contain 35% silver, someone else would have already discovered this decades ago.
If you actually do have a 1943 that has been sent out, graded, and confirmed as not being 35% silver, you have an extremely rare error coin.
@Louis E yep I had to see why it was peeling ..so I took the Dremel to the worthless 43 P..and it's 35%.. just don't know why the outer surface was peeling
@@vonheltonscontradictions .
@@vonheltonscontradictionsah yes let me spend 10s of thousands of dollars on equipment to counterfeit Jefferson nickles… think big here guys
You had me at war nickels. I love any war coins. Great video and very informative.
This is a FANTASTIC video whose time has come! I've been trying to explain to people how valuable war nickels are for stacking, and you did a great job of it. I can't think of a single point you missed. I will add that since they usually have a nasty feel to them, I give mine a light buffing so they look better and feel nicer to the touch. I used to be diametrically opposed to anything that wasn't 90% (except .999) until one day I really researched war nickels and now I have about 1,800 of them. I like them primarily for barter. They have 1/18 oz. silver as opposed to 1/14 oz. for the dime. Mine don't take up too much room. I store them in the big cloth coin bags. I'm thrilled to see this video out there. Great job, SD!
You’re a great educator. Thank you!
Great reasons/ tips as usual! Am much better prepared for my next War nickel purchase for sure! 👍😎🦈🦈
Metal SHARXS! thanks and stack on my friend!!! 🔥🐉
Glad I came across this video! I love stacking war nickels and 40% halves. Any u.s. silver will become more rare as time goes on, bringing the price/premiums up! When I hit retirement age these will be well over 100 years old, a great long term investment for my family and me.
Great info !! Love your videos !
The war nickel is a nice coin, until now I have only one of them. I think they sell for such low prices in the US because the most stackers don't like coins with a low silver content, so it could be a little bit harder to resell them. Interesting idea to use them as weight for your safe.
Andre G yes def hard to sell but it does weigh the safe down nicely 😂🔥🐉
Great information. Thank you for breaking it down in user-friendly bites.😊👍
Cutie Cat you are welcome my friend! thanks for watching!!! 🔥🐉
GREAT information,,I have several of the war nickles. And I did know about # 4. Keep doing the updates .!!!
GERALD SUMMERS i’m glad I was able to help thanks for watching my friend!!! 🔥🐉
Silver Cat and I traded and he sent me an entire tube of these great pieces as part of the trade. I am soooo very pleased to now have more information on them. Many thanks son. Many are kind of slick but that makes them tell soooo many more stories behind each piece. I really appreciate this post eh as my dad served in WW2 at Juno. Great post my young son !
Tomoko's Enterprize they are awesome and I forgot to mention that.... pieces of history!!! 🔥🐉
Awesome video as always, I love war nickles and constitutional silver. Keep up the great work sir.
TONY'S HOBBY CHANNEL thanks so much my friend I had fun making this one 😁🔥🐉
Shout out Silver Dragon.... got my package and I absolutely loved them both... the Skull and Sheriffs badge look awesome antiqued, super glad I had u do it and that I decided to take that last Sheriffs.... thanks
Bubbsalicious awesome i’m glad you like them my friend!!! 👍🏽🔥🐉
Nice job my friend, deep dive into something I find very special. 1.75 grams added to 2.25, nickel and a dime that 4 gram fraction will be powerful in SHTF situation. Finding a proof will truly drive interest.
Sterling Cannabis yeah amazing little guys for SHTF. thanks for watching my friend!!! 🔥🐉
Great info...especially on the 1099. Thanks for sharing.
Definately something to look into. I really do need o build some more weight on the cheap. Thanks brother.
Thank you for the information, because of your information I am about to start buying war nickels.
Very informative
Thank you!!❤
Refineries hate these things and you never get anywhere near spot price for them , these are more cool than anything else
Great video! Love the war nickels!
Thanks man great info
Great video Dragons 👍
Thanks For Sharing !
Enjoy Your Channel !
Very interesting concepts and a great video.
Fred Gar you got it thanks for watching my friend!!! 🔥🐉
Wow great points. I .ight have to consider this part of my stack😏
Great video!
I do like the war nickels! I had no idea on the BOOM 💥 TAX !! Hahahaha V. Great Video Silver Dragons 🐉
V Yes its me yep gotta love keeping it on the DL 😂😂😂🔥🐉
Wow had no idea about the little loophole on constitutional silver! Thanks man, great video i think i need some silver weight in my safe👍👏👏
GRAM STACKER for sure they are a great type of silver to stack IMO! 🔥🐉
I did actually found one in my pocket change some years ago. I did know about war nickels at the time. I just keep it becomes it was old.
I just sold three of them recently at my local coin shop. Sold a lot of silver that day and the payout was very good. Very honest and upfront dealer. However, he did take the nickels but only at 50 cents each. Either he doesn’t move them very well or whatnot but they didn’t seem to have much of a return. Keeping in mind these were found in pocket change years ago I didn’t care but for future stacking I would have to consider that.
Great info SD.
Big Bomber Stacker the is for watching my friend!!! 👍🏽🔥🐉
About time someone shows some love to these forgotten lil gems !! 😂♥️🐂👌
Silver Reaper you know it! I love these babies 😂🔥🐉
Great info bro!!!
Silver Fever you got it my friend! 🔥🐉
I work at a convient store and get about 4-5 war nickels a year.
Clint Ashley, FREE Silver. The best kind. 👍
@@SilverHeist The Obama years were the best for that.
Clint Ashley that is awesome! get all you can!!! 🔥🐉
Not nickel related. But silver coin related. In my five years as a cashier. I've found 7 quarters dating between 44-64
The best part is I get most of these for 5 cents from nickel boxs!
Austin's Coins yep CRH as it’s finest!!!! 🔥🐉
Yep, I find em CRH too.
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Nice man I dig constitutionals. War Nickles sound good too. Thanks man for the great content
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Metal Bum yeah these rock! thanks for watching my friend! 🔥🐉
Yeah, I have some War Nickels but not that many. I think I have a little over $5 face of the War Nickels, but I buy them on occasion, when I see them. Good video...can't believe I missed this old gem.
I went to Silver Eagle and bought 120 nickels for $116. It's worth mentioning that for the under spot deal they sell them in multiples of 40 and if you buy 80 you have to pay for shipping but of you buy 120 or more you get free shipping.
john messina very good! yeah you do have a good point you will need to add other stuff for the free shipping 🔥🐉
I have 100 of them from 1942- 1945 P,D,&S some with varieties from VF to MS FS condition.
Excellent information!
JT Coin Rings thanks for watching my friend!!! 🔥🐉
Cool info Baggins. About how many ounces in War Nickels do you have at the moment?
SpegTacular thanks my friend! I don’t have a ton because i’m focusing on eagles... maybe a couple... after my monster box is done i’m gonna go hard on constitutional 🔥🐉
He did teach me something that I didn’t know man I did not know that and I’m 61 years old and you just told me something I appreciate it
I sold all my war nickels at $1 each,... it was very hard to sell them and find buyers, the shops would just lowball
I got one from McDonald’s the other day lol
Me too
Mzox210 very cool free silver!!!! 🔥🐉
@@RestoreITdontJunkIT That's really cool. Funny how it feels so good to get something like that. It may only be worth a dollar but it makes you feel so excited when you get a valuable coin in your change.
McDonald's sells Silver?? ;)
Were any war nickels actually minted in the original 50/50 composition? I have been curious for years but have never found any reputable sources.
Great video. War Nickels are very much unloved. My coin store dealer sells me his war nickels well below spot price. I have the feeling most coin dealers don’t want to mess with war nickels and are just happy to sell them. Definitely, the cheapest silver out there. Ok, be well and good luck.
"These take up a lot of space/" EXACTLY WHY I DO NOT COLLECT NICKLES.
I love war nickels. I find them coin roll hunting, and it's fun to buy them under spot on occasion. I hope to fill a guardhouse box with them eventually.
Fiat Destroyer yes that is a great goal!!! 👍🏽🔥🐉
with silver currently at $21.30 one war nickel is worth $1.20. I'll take any junk under spot I can during the current pandemic silver shortage with ridiculous premiums. Most informative war nickel video on CZcams! 7/21/2020
I figured out that with junk silver dimes, quarters, and halves, the equation is "price / spot / 0.715". So If I bought a $100 item when the spot was $25, I'd hand over a face value of $5.59 in junk silver, which rounds to $5.6. But War Nickels are different. What's the equation to determine the face value to buy things with?
Can you call it a silver coin when 65% of the coin is something else... its a copper coin with some silver lol. That being said i find them fascinating.
You do get bang for your buck if u get between 1$ and $1.50 depending on silver price still a great purchase.
@@Andformerthingshavepassedaway I agree
I really enjoyed the video and used to believe stacking silver war nickels was a good idea. The problem came when I tried selling them. Most coin dealers tend to want to stay away from these coins given that they are a refiners nightmare. The 9% manganese composition of the coin can lead to manganese toxicity and the refiner will have to implement additional time and safety measures in the refining process (thus reflecting a lower buying price). Ultimately, they are just a huge pain for such little amounts of silver. With this being said, it reflects the price. It is the reason why you can buy these for spot or just a whisker under. If you're buying these anywhere near spot, from a major dealer or through a private sale, you are actually doing the seller a great service, as they would never be able to offload these to a dealer or refiner for anywhere near that price. From my experience in Canada and the U.S., most dealers will be buyers around the 0.25 cent/each price. Please stick to junk silver (90%) or bullion, you'll save yourself some money down the road, while growing your stack. Cheers!
They sell for over spot consistently on Ebay plus shipping. That's where you unload them if you need to, don't take them in to a dealer.
big thanks for the insight on the manganese toxicity as being a reason for lower value!! i was wondering WTF could be the reason for the discrepancy in value-price...
My life's mission is to stop and reduce everyone contributing to f*cking up the planet thru worldwide toxin exposure, but have you seen what the Africans and Indians and Asians are doing with all our e-waste to refine out precious metals? Surely manganese should be the least of anyone's concerns
how do we get the silver out of these coins and what is that cost???
I like war nickels. They are fractional and they do make good weights for my safe. Thank you.
I would add this to the whole "weight to your safe section." War nickels are handy to put in a "decoy" safe, which is your safe in the garage that is more visible. You have a 2nd safe that has the more valuable items in it (think silver bars, and gold). MOST criminals will not know the true value of the war nickel and would be less inclined to take those with them. So put those in your "decoy" safe and also fill it with clad Ike's and rolls of coins. This way the criminal walks off with "worthless coins", and you still have your ounces of silver coins, bars, etc... protected.
mark jensen great point with the decoy safe!!! I have a few 😏🔥🐉
solid idea!
I did miss this video!
Nice information,
Unfortunately here in EU is difficult to be near one!
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Hey SIlver Dragons, great video as always! One thing to clarify is that even without a 1099 report, I would think that the IRS would still want their piece of the pie when you sell your silver for a gain. Is there an exception for war nickels?
There is an exception every time they don't know about the sale. LOL
IRS is shut down. Forever. They're not a problem for us anymore.
Hey dragons so got a question do you only have to file your silver for taxes only if you sell, or even if you bought and stacked it? New to this sorry and see conflicting info.
TeufelhundenGrunt depends on what it is and the quantity at which you buy/sell. most of the time buying over $10,000 at once you will have to file and it’s all over the place when selling 🔥🐉
@@SilverDragons47 thanks I appreciate that.
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M- Nice great idea my friend! I don’t have any right now but I am getting a new logo design done and once it’s complete i’ll get some made! 👍🏽🔥🐉
Great idea for weighing down a safe.
Where do I go to buy them?
Is there a good reason to stack the buffalo-nickel-full-date.?
Fan here of the nifty little nicks. I like to use them as extras.
Silver Bean Counter yeah they make great gifts for sure!!! 👍🏽🔥🐉
@* * * * * extras in trades. You know, do a trade with a guy and toss in some cool nickels.
Thinking about all the nickels that I have spent, and how much silver I gave away,🤔
Captain Stacket yeah you gotta check them for sure!!! 🔥🐉
Where do I get these war Nicole's at? Thank you I appreciate this huge information and knowledge my brother. Peace and love family...
Osiris Jackson I got them online for spot. thanks for watching my friend!!! 👍🏽🔥🐉
apmex
lCS should have a few and cheaper than the more popular shiny things. I always have liked that series, a complete full set of these comprised of 11 coins are impressive. Especially the uncirculated higher MS examples. Full Step MS coins are beautiful.
Check all your 43 Ps for the 3/2 variety (easy to spot as the bottom of the 3 hooks upward). I stack a bit of war nickels and have found a few of them as well as a henning. Turns your $1coin into $40+
Value Hunter yeah those have some value for sure!!!! 🔥🐉
Great upload. They would be perfect for small change barter and not draw too much attention to you as higher grade silver (& gold) coins & rounds will.
Dealers hate war nickels. The refiners don’t want them and the dealers pay less than spot, way less than spot. I had a binder of war nickels that I didn’t want anymore. So in 2011 when silver was going through the roof I sold all of them for a hefty premium. So now that I’m out of them, the only war nickels that I would buy is the ones in MS and some that I can upgrade in my collection.
Is it possible today find War nickels in general coin roll searching?
Yes, war nickels can be found in coin rolls, but here is what you need to consider. How much time/effort are you willing to spend finding them?
What about the 1965 to 1970 Kennedy Half Dollar? Since those are only 40% silver do you still have to report those on 1099b?
Rick Jones those are exempt as well and I love them! 🔥🐉
So here's my thing, how liquid are these to sell down the road, sure you get these cheap, it sounds like dealers don't like these, so when it comes time to cash out, I feel I would be stuck with these because the dealer probably wont be interested in buying them from me unless I undersell back to him or her at underspot value most likely.
I doubt many people out there are stacking war nickels intentionally.
Very informative, I just don’t have space for all this , I wish I did though. 👩🏼🏵
Lady Bullion i’m sure you could find space somewhere! 🔥🐉
where is the best place to get war nickels ebay is like 1 to 2 dollars any favorite sites? whats the average price for one
If you buy them by the roll on Ebay, you can get them for well less than $1 each sometimes.
I have 1941 nickels one's got hole drilled in it the other five don't have mint mark on them and one's got a mark by the I Believe by the mouth and on the back it's got a mark in on it the others are no markings what are they worth
What do you know about the Philippine war nickel minted in San Francisco???
Recently started adding war nickels to my stack because I can get them for under spot, not like 90%. Today I picked up 20 of them for a $1 each, about twenty cents under melt value. Also buying lots of Canadian 80% because I can get that for way under melt too.
You can also cherrypick for die varieties! (i.e. 1943 doubled eye and 3 over 2)
CoinJack15 very true! get that numismatic money!!! 😜🔥🐉
Also, the war nickels are the smallest peice of silver value for bartering. Right?
jaddy540 that is correct! the most fractional!!! 👍🏽🔥🐉
Just to clarify on the tax implications when selling constitutional, it is my understanding that a 1099B is required when the face value is greater than $1000. That would be a lot of nickels but I believe that is what I learned with my Kennedy halves hopefully someone can chime in on that.
pseudoty on all the research that I did that form only applies to 90% constitutional silver so i’m pretty sure 40% halves would be exempt as well 👍🏽🔥🐉
Silver Dragons ah it is the Nickel loophole. Well hopefully nobody makes a CZcams video pointing this out and they close it 😂
I don’t stack 40% halves but now you have me thinking
I have a war nickel 1943 Philadelphia mint the weight 2.7 G don't understand maybe some kind of transitional error
Dude, today I paid $1.00 per war nickel at my favorite little Oregon LCS. It was a one time deal, but silver at $18.00 an oz! These days, I stick to deals like that and 90% at 22 times face. Everything else is too much premium for me.
Oh, I love my stack looking FAT! lol
Silver Wolverine lol everyone likes a fat stack 😁🔥🐉
I like to collect war nickels as part of the collections. but being 35% silver I don't think the purity for most stackers. much like the 40% halves... Plus most war nickels are really worn. nice condition war nickles have a nice premium... Thanks for the vid!!!
Silver Wolverine did you say war nickels or worn nickels? 😂 thanks man! 🔥🐉
Love the naughty nickels Bud👍 I wish they looked better though the manganese kind of takes the shine away unless they are well taken care of. Still looking for full step 35% here that I can purchase without hocking my deer rifle for LOL💥👣👣
I got into coin roll hunting and found a 43 P with full or almost full steps!
That’s cool✌️now every time I get change I look for steps, bands errors and varieties😎👌🏼habit for me now even lol
Bigfoot Silver Hide&seeker yeah they are super fun but very dirty 😂😂😂👍🏽🔥🐉
Wow really awesome War Nickels Coins video!!! :D
OcOmega Shadow thanks I love the war nickels!!!! 😁🔥🐉
I have 174 war nickels which adds up to 10 ounces of silver
You convinced me, it's cheap silver with alot of weight I just bought 100 war nickels from Apmex on sale. I also bought 20oz of fractional copper, it's pretty much all the copper and war nickles I plan to stack.
You are your own person do your own thing. But copper. Come on man. 😂.
@@Thomas-lc3lm my wife has been begging me to buy some copper, she just likes the way it looks. At the least it adds some weight to the safe and a little diversity.
@@michaelwhitt355 i was just messing with you. I personally wouldn't buy it. But im no pro anyway. The best to ya.
@@strongjimduckk4712 now that would be cool
Michael Whitt yeah these are great because they are so cheap! the copper has massive premiums tho 🔥🐉
Thanks for the video. I didn't know anything about war nickels before. I will start looking for them now.
Barbara Seaverson you got it my friend they are awesome!!!! 🔥🐉
Good for stacking because of it's silver and copper content
I love war nickels gotta love their greenish/blueish tinge. I have a lot of junk silver and international silver coins mainly Canadian and Mexican silver. Honestly I wish I stuck to high percentage silver because their resale value is going to be higher than junk 40 percent Kennedys and 35% war nicks.
I have bags of old circ morgans + way to many guns ammo weighing down my safe.
Love war nickels!
Silver Dragons
You Get War Nickels Coins in Nickels Rolls at Bank too !! :D
Do you mean you find them or they just have a bunch there in rolls?
@@TeufelhundenGrunt yes!!!
@@ocomegashadowstacking5886 you just said yes to two questions . So are you saying yes to both. Or are you like myself and like to mess with people a bit LOL.
@@TeufelhundenGrunt just find em randomly. Most people don't know about the silver nickel so they roll em up with the other nickels
I've averaged at least one war nickel OR one buffalo per box. I thought that was crazy
I have a 1937 buffalo nickel and would like to know how much it is worth