wartime nickle composition?

[born2hunt]

Hi all, I hit my brothers rental property again, what a difference a change in soil conditions can make. The ground here in PA is just thawed enough to dig without chiseling. I found a 1945 P nickle that Coinfacts lists as wartime composition. Can someone tell me the difference between standard and wartime composition? This nickle was much less discolored than the few others I have found.

Thanks in advance,
Steve in PA

 

[born2hunt]

Sorry, I overlooked the info I was looking for. stanard nickle planchet=Copper - 75%
Nickel - 25% wartime nickle planchet=Copper - 56%
Silver - 35%
Manganese - 9%

Thanks anyway,
Steve in PA

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah nickel was in demand during the war so they switched to silver for part of the composition.

Bill

 

[Terry in PA]

Hi There.
Where are you at here in Pa ?

 

[born2hunt]

Willy, what was the nickel used for during war time? I'm not a big war buff so I usually don't pay much attention to that sort of thing.


Terry, I live in Nazareth, about an hour and change north of Philadelphia. Still way too close for my liking. If I had my way I'd have packed up and headed up to the mountains a long time ago. How about you?

 

[Terry in PA]

I'm about 40 miles south of State College about half way between Pittsburgh and Philly.

 

[garthbfan]

Nice finds and good info I am new to the hobby (addiction) and know almost nothing about coins. Learning fast though. BTW I live in Chester County Pa. about 1 hour SW of Philly. About 10 minutes from outlets in Lancaster.

 

[cwilk]

Interestingly, two War Nickels contain quite a bit more silver than a 90 percent silver dime. Dollar for dollar it's the best silver buy in US coins.

Chris

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Willy, what was the nickel used for during war time? I'm not a big war buff so I usually don't pay much attention to that sort of thing.

Nickle is used to hardened steel such as in the making of stainless steel.
Your socket sets and wrenches are hardened steel with percentages of nickel
During the war they probably used lots of it for cannon and gun barrels manufacturing