1946 Silver Nickel?

That doesn't surprise me since you are working with such a light item. The weight displacement difference would be so small that the purity of the water, surface tension, the temperature, even atmospheric pressure start to become significant. And you would NEED a balance accurate to four or more decimal places. But for most collectors working with multiple gram weight coins should be able to get accurate SG to one decimal place with common equipment (Scale accurate to at least two decimal places) without too much trouble.

True, but it provide me with more accurate information from insider to update my references.

 

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Answome to cool thanks

 

Thanks I got to one with mint mark

 

I have a 1946 and 1940

 

It's not on a silver Wartime planchet, I can assure you.

It's environmentally damaged on the surfaces - heat or something
has been applied to the coin. It did not leave the Mint like that.

It's a normal Jefferson nickel with altered/damaged surfaces.....sorry

 

i have a 1946 its VF2 its got silver oxide around the letters and is from philly. Are yall saying its valuable? its got a totally different texture and its tarnish not gunk///

 

If it is actually silver then yes, if it isn't then no. First step to check is a specific gravity test. If you get a result of around 9.25 to 9.32 then it would be worthwhile to have it authenticated. If you get around 8.92 than its a spender.

 

That looks tarnished towards the bottom .Good Luck
I just found a 46in a nickel roll ,but mine looks normal.

 

Any opinions on whether this is silver?

 

You're trying to link to an image that's in your Google mailbox. That doesn't work -- the rest of us can't see it. Try downloading it to your computer, then uploading it here.

 

How would I delete this post?

 

You can't delete posts here; you can only edit them and delete all the content. I think you have to have at least one character in the edited post, though.

 

This makes sense "on paper." Unfortunately, I was told that it proved to be useless at an authentication service because the instruments used to take the specific gravity (sealed pan balance with +/- .001 accuracy) plus all the other variables fudged the result enough that there was no real difference between a normal nickel and one with the wartime alloy.

Through experimentation with a more accurate balance, I confirmed this.

 

Don't sweat it, just go to the forums page and post a new thread about your coin. We all make mistekes here.

 

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