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<p>[QUOTE="bartokk1, post: 1100442, member: 27860"]I'm posting some info on Canadian nickels ,their weight and nickel content,also I don't believe if you are American you can be arrested for melting foreign coins. At this moment nickel is at 12.72$\lb. Canadian nickels weigh 4.54 gms so 100 make a lb. 454gms= 1lb.</p><p><font face="Time New Roman">[SIZE=-1][FONT=Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=-2]<b>Coins from 1953-1964 (Laureate Bust) weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of 21.3 mm (opposite corners) 20.9 mm (opposite sides) and a thickness of 1.7 mm. They have a composition of (1953-54) steel with .0127 mm nickel plating and .0003 mm chromium plating (1955-1964).99 nickel.</b></font></p><p><font face="Time New Roman"><b>Coins from 1965-1978 (Tiara Obverse) weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of 21.21 mm and a thickness of 1.7 mm. They have a composition of .99 nickel.</b></font></p><p><font face="Time New Roman"><b>Coins from 1979-date weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of 21.21 mm. They have a composition of (1979-1981) .99 nickel (1982-date).75 copper, .25 nickel. <font size="3"><font face="Comic Sans MS">The purity is awesome so separating the copper wouldn't be an issue.</font></font></b></font></p><p><font face="Time New Roman"><b></b>[/SIZE]</font>[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bartokk1, post: 1100442, member: 27860"]I'm posting some info on Canadian nickels ,their weight and nickel content,also I don't believe if you are American you can be arrested for melting foreign coins. At this moment nickel is at 12.72$\lb. Canadian nickels weigh 4.54 gms so 100 make a lb. 454gms= 1lb. [FONT=Time New Roman][SIZE=-1][FONT=Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=-2][B]Coins from 1953-1964 (Laureate Bust) weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of 21.3 mm (opposite corners) 20.9 mm (opposite sides) and a thickness of 1.7 mm. They have a composition of (1953-54) steel with .0127 mm nickel plating and .0003 mm chromium plating (1955-1964).99 nickel. Coins from 1965-1978 (Tiara Obverse) weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of 21.21 mm and a thickness of 1.7 mm. They have a composition of .99 nickel. Coins from 1979-date weigh 4.54 grams, with a diameter of 21.21 mm. They have a composition of (1979-1981) .99 nickel (1982-date).75 copper, .25 nickel. [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The purity is awesome so separating the copper wouldn't be an issue.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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