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Message:: [QUOTE="desertgem, post: 3902937, member: 15199"]Since they were dealing with silver to use in a minor coin ( usually non-silver) , the federal Government was quite strict in tolerances. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-aRQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=tolerance+of+silver+in+war+nickels&source=bl&ots=56hN8dbF-7&sig=ACfU3U2BBQgNRoI8g7zzxShcqctBTUP8BQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1y5_fi4nmAhWEIDQIHdmBDmU4ChDoATABegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=tolerance%20of%20silver%20in%20war%20nickels&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-aRQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=tolerance+of+silver+in+war+nickels&source=bl&ots=56hN8dbF-7&sig=ACfU3U2BBQgNRoI8g7zzxShcqctBTUP8BQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1y5_fi4nmAhWEIDQIHdmBDmU4ChDoATABegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=tolerance%20of%20silver%20in%20war%20nickels&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=-aRQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=tolerance+of+silver+in+war+nickels&source=bl&ots=56hN8dbF-7&sig=ACfU3U2BBQgNRoI8g7zzxShcqctBTUP8BQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1y5_fi4nmAhWEIDQIHdmBDmU4ChDoATABegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=tolerance of silver in war nickels&f=false</a> Second War Power Act 1942Title XIIISec. 1302 'Limited the tolerance of ingots to be made into war nickels to 10 thousandths of the specific amount.' So one could assume that they are extremely close. I think it is just surface differences. You would need to have an metal analysis to say otherwise. IMO, Jim[/QUOTE]