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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3003797, member: 71723&quot;]TheFinn tripped over what he was trying to say. &quot;German silver&quot; contains no <b><i>SILVER</i></b>, it is a white alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper. All U.S. nickels, aside from the wartime silver/manganese ones, are 75% copper and 25% nickel. In order for there to be a &quot;1978 nickel in silver&quot;, somehow a correct sized planchet of silver would have had to somehow get into the bin. I have NO idea how that would happen. I am completely unaware of how such a thing could even exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, 75/25 Cu/Ni is platable. Perhaps some joker (like me?) might have dipped the nickel for a minute or three in used fixer in a film processing machine and plated it with silver. Been, ahem, known to happen. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It&#039;s more entertaining doing it to cents, though. It&#039;s amazing how fast a fixer solution at 100 degrees Fahrenheit will plate a cent. Amazing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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