For anyone looking for Junk, Survival, Fractional, US Constitutional Silver, consider these:
These, 35% Silver Five Cents Nickels, have a melt value of about, $1.25 (USD), today. Actual Silver Content is (0.05625 Troy Ounce). Eighteen of these Fractionals will net a Troy Ounce of Silver. They are also, 56% Copper, storing about $.025 value. A little bonus, on top of its, $.05, face value.
The USA produced this alternative money, during the World War Two years, from, 1942-1945. There were some non-Silver, versions, of this Nickel, in 1942. The large mint mark, (P, D, or S), over the Capitol Building, IDs the Silver Coins. These Silver Nickels were to be recalled, in the future, when things calmed down. Of course, this never happened.
The Silver Fractionals, commonly circulated, in change, until Silver became recognized, as valuable, in the 1960s. Worn ones can, also, be easily spotted, by their dark or black tone.
These Silver Fractions can be some of the most inexpensive Silver available. They are not scarce or rare. The Local Coin Shop let me have one hundred, at $1, each. Not bad, considering their $1.25 melt value. Did you know that a current, common, US Five Cents Nickel's, metal content (75% Copper & 25%) value, is over six cents? And the similar metal content value, of a US Quarter-Dollar, is also about 6 Cents. Actually, the Nickel edges out the Quarter, in value, ($.0605 vs $.0589).
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