Bullion value missing from 5 Cents US Jefferson Wartime Nickel (1942-1945)

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Hello,

There is no bullion value listed for the 5 Cents US Jefferson Wartime Nickel (1942-1945) (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces45.html) even though it has a silver content of .350 fine.

Thank you.
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I think, from memory, if the % is below a certain number it will not give a value.
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Quote: "ZacUK"​ I think, from memory, if the % is below a certain number it will not give a value.
​Oh, okay. Thank you for the clarification!
“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”
Yes, this is what I remembered from seven years ago >
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6415.html#p37482
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Quote: "ZacUK"​Yes, this is what I remembered from seven years ago >
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6415.html#p37482
​Thanks for finding that! Still, I wonder why it isn't calculated. True, one silver nickel doesn't have much bullion value, but I have several and it adds up. I wonder if they are still counted in the total silver weight shown on the My Coins page?
“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”
The reason this one doesn’t show up is because it has 3 materials listed if it was only listed as silver (.350) then it would show up but for some reason this is one of the few coins where they break it down by all the different material types. I think it should be fixed because other coins that are say .900 silver don’t have what the other 10% is listed.

Matt
Quote: "Myeackle"​The reason this one doesn’t show up is because it has 3 materials listed if it was only listed as silver (.350) then it would show up but for some reason this is one of the few coins where they break it down by all the different material types. I think it should be fixed because other coins that are say .900 silver don’t have what the other 10% is listed.

​Matt


Should coins be listed by the largest amount of metal in them?
​If we did that it would be listed as a copper coin. It has .560 copper in it.
Should it just be listed as .350 silver?

What about this coin
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3550.html
It has only .100 silver?
Quote: "Myeackle"​The reason this one doesn’t show up is because it has 3 materials listed if it was only listed as silver (.350) then it would show up...

​Matt
​Indeed, you are right. Problem comes from the details, not the metal fineness.

Current limit for bullion value is not (.350) but (.200). Meaning from (.200) and up you have a value but from (.199) and down you don't have a value.
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Quote: "ken6528"​​ ​
​Should coins be listed by the largest amount of metal in them?
​​If we did that it would be listed as a copper coin. It has .560 copper in it.
​Should it just be listed as .350 silver?
​Technically, I would say yes.

Extreme value example: If we have a coin with 1% gold and 99% iron, this is a copper coin. No matter the gold content or value.
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Regardless of how this is handled in the future, there were spaces missing before those metals, so I requested fixing that.
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Quote: "ken6528"​​ ​
​​Should coins be listed by the largest amount of metal in them?
​​​If we did that it would be listed as a copper coin. It has .560 copper in it.
​​Should it just be listed as .350 silver?
​​Technically, I would say yes.


​I would say billon. When the silver isn't the majority the alloy is billon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billon_(alloy)
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