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Do 1964 nickels have silver?

No, 1964 Nickels do not contain any silver. 1964 Jefferson Nickels have a composition of 75% copper and 25% nickel. At the time, the U.S. was experiencing a coin shortage, which led to the U.S. Mint producing over 2.8 billion U.S. nickels in 1964.

How much does a 1964 nickel cost?

Together with broadstruck, the metal flows to cause a distorted almost unrecognizable coin. An example is the 1964 5C Jefferson Nickel ‘40% Brockage Obverse and Broadstrike’ sold for $59 and ‘Broadstruck with Obverse Brockage’ sold for $161. 1. Are 1964 Nickels Silver? 1964 nickels have zero silver content.

Why did the 1964 nickel have a mint mark?

The coin shortage of the 1960s (due to hoarding) meant the mint stopped putting mint marks on coins to discourage silver stacking. So the 1964 nickel was the last 5-cent coin to bear mint marks until 1968. 1964 Nickels came from the Philadelphia and Denver mints, so you won’t find any with the S mint mark.

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