1943 nickel How can you tell if it was struck on non silver planchette?

I think that the only possible way for that to work is by trying to suspend the coin. The friction would no doubt stop any movement.

 

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Canadian dimes that are made of nickel stick to a magnet easily.
But the US nickels are 75% copper I am not sure they stick.
Checking........ didn't stick at all.

 

Both are correct. Just depends on which side of the pond you're from. "Color" vs. "Colour".

 

According to the Almanac, the weights and specs for both types are the same. You would need an XRF scan to tell for sure.

 

Nickel loses its magnetic properties when alloyed with other metals once the percentage of the other metals exceeds about 11%. Pure nickel is HIGHLY magnetic, to about the same extent as iron.

 

So, at 75% copper and 25% nickel we’re well out of the range of any magnetic effects. (I appreciate the precision of your answer.)

Edit: Now it comes back to my memory after 50 years. The Canadian nickel was magnetic, not the US nickel. Their composition was 99.9% nickel, and they freely circulated where I grew up. So I remember checking them out with a magnet.

Right memory, but wrong coin.

 

The Canadian nickel was 99.9% nickel from 1922-1942, 1946-1952, 1955-1964.
In between (war years) 42-43 88% copper 12% zinc, 44-45, 53-54 chrome plated steel. From 1982-2001 75% copper (1990-2001 no P obv.).
The current composition 1999-2003 with P and all 2003- present, 94.5% steel, 3.5% copper, 2% nickel plating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(Canadian_coin)

 

FYI:

plan·chette
[planˈSHet]
NOUN
planchettes (plural noun)

1. a small board supported on casters, typically heart-shaped and fitted with a vertical pencil, used for automatic writing and in seances.
   "the planchette jerked and skittered to the upper left-hand corner of the paper"

try:
Planchet
planch·et
[ˈplan(t)SHət]
NOUN
planchets (plural noun)

1. a plain metal disk from which a coin is made.

 

I have always wondered about this. Cool thread.

 

Question??? Are 1943-P nickels all checked for metal content when being certified?

 

agreed - 'planchette' (mentioned in post # 17) is the writing/pointing device used on Ouija boards

 

Have you ever thought about having a little knowledge before you throw out an ill informed opinion like that as if it’s fact. Because weighing it won’t tell you anything, but not, you kept it obvious you have an answer for everybody

 

And you should shut up if you have no clue what you’re talking about telling him to weigh it just makes you look like a blow hard.

 

Are XRF analyzers common equipment in coin shops? I have no idea, but maybe that could determine it?

 

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No, they are not common, but a we buy gold/we buy silver, or a jeweler may have one they will use to analyze the coin.

It used to be a 10k investment, so you needed quite the volume to make it pay off. The reason a lot of bullion buyers don't have them is a Sigma Metalytics at 1k works as well or even better (XRF only reads the surface to a shallow depth, eddy currents reads the entire object).

 

I am gonna have to look that one up.

 

Exactly. Who cares about chasing a ghost. A silver planchette, LOL.
I like the Ouija board thing.