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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bartokk1, post: 1100442, member: 27860&quot;]I&#039;m posting some info on Canadian nickels ,their weight and nickel content,also I don&#039;t believe if you are American you can be arrested for melting foreign coins. At this moment nickel is at 12.72$\lb. Canadian nickels weigh 4.54 gms so 100 make a lb.&nbsp; 454gms= 1lb.</p><p><font face="Time New Roman">[SIZE=-1][FONT=Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=-2]<b>Coins&nbsp; from 1953-1964 (Laureate Bust) weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of&nbsp; 21.3 mm (opposite corners) 20.9 mm (opposite sides) and a thickness of&nbsp; 1.7 mm. They have a composition of (1953-54) steel with .0127 mm nickel&nbsp; plating and .0003 mm chromium plating (1955-1964).99 nickel.</b></font></p><p><font face="Time New Roman"><b>Coins&nbsp; from 1965-1978 (Tiara Obverse) weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of&nbsp; 21.21 mm and a thickness of 1.7 mm. They have a composition of .99&nbsp; nickel.</b></font></p><p><font face="Time New Roman"><b>Coins from 1979-date weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of&nbsp; 21.21 mm. They have a composition of (1979-1981) .99 nickel&nbsp; (1982-date).75 copper, .25 nickel. <font size="3"><font face="Comic Sans MS">The purity is awesome so separating the copper wouldn&#039;t be an issue.</font></font></b></font></p><p><font face="Time New Roman"><b></b>[/SIZE]</font>[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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