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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 1727484, member: 29643&quot;]Basically because of the value of silver relative to the expected lifespan of the coin. A war nickel currently has a silver value of 24.71x face. That means $1 of war nickels is worth $24.71 (or thereabout).</p><p><br /></p><p>During production years (1942-1944), silver had a value of 44.8-cents per ounce. Each nickel held 0.0563 or so troy ounces of silver, which means that for ever $1 in silver nickels, the government used 1.1254 troy ounces of silver. So, if silver&#039;s spot value exceeded $0.88857, the coins could be pulled from circulation easily.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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