Oracle
What percentage silver were the US 'war nickels' struck from 1942 to 1945? Answer with the whole number only.
Answer
35
- percentage_basis
- Silver percentage by mass of the nickel alloy.
- sources
- www.pcgs.com, en.wikipedia.org, english wikipedia, "jefferson nickel": "an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese proved suitable, and this alloy began to be coined into nickels from october 1942." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jefferson_nickel), fraser.stlouisfed.org, home.nps.gov, national wwii museum, steel cents, silver nickels, and invasion notes: us money in world war ii (https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/united-states-money-world-war-ii), states the wartime nickel alloy was 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese., numisview.com, pcgs coinfacts, type 2 silver alloy (1942–1945): https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/nickels/jefferson-nickel/type-2-silver-alloy-1942-1945/679, pcgs coinfacts, type 2, silver alloy (1942-1945): https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/nickels/jefferson-nickel/type-2-silver-alloy-1942-1945/679, pcgs coinfacts, type 2, silver alloy: https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/nickels/jefferson-nickel/type-2-silver-alloy-1942-1945/679 (states 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese; says the alloy continued through 1945)., u.s. mint composition records for the 1942-1945 wartime five-cent piece: 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese (the 'silver war nickel'), u.s. mint composition records: jefferson 'war nickels' struck 1942-1945 were composed of 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese, replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel alloy to conserve nickel for wwii military use., u.s. mint official coin specifications (usmint.gov coin specifications page) and the u.s. mint history of the jefferson nickel, both stating the 1942-1945 wartime five-cent alloy was 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese, u.s. mint official composition history for the jefferson nickel (https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-production), confirmed by the standard numismatic reference 'a guide book of united states coins' (the 'red book'): 1942-1945 wartime nickels were struck in an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese., u.s. mint wartime nickel alloy: 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese. read from search-result summaries of usmint.gov (https://usmint.gov/?p=22076) and coinweek.com (https://coinweek.com/war-nickel-how-to-identify-these-valuable-nickels); the pages themselves were not opened., united states mint composition records / us code 31 u.s.c. 5112 history: war nickels (1942-1945) were struck in a copper-silver-manganese alloy that is 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese, as documented by the u.s. mint and standard numismatic references (e.g., pcgs coinfacts, red book - a guide book of united states coins)., united states mint official history (usmint.gov) and u.s. code 31 u.s.c. 5112 historical composition records: war nickels (1942-1945) were struck from an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese, i.e. 35% silver by weight., united states mint official history (usmint.gov, 'jefferson nickel' composition history) and the u.s. coinage act of 1942, both stating the wartime 1942-1945 five-cent alloy was 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese, united states mint official history and the u.s. coinage act / numismatic references (e.g., usmint.gov 'jefferson nickel' history and pcgs coinfacts) state that 1942-1945 wartime nickels were struck in an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese., united states mint official history of the nickel (usmint.gov, 'coin specifications'/history pages) and the standard numismatic reference, r.s. yeoman's 'a guide book of united states coins' (the red book), both stating the 1942-1945 wartime five-cent alloy was 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese., united states mint, official composition records for the jefferson 'war nickel' (1942-1945): 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese, us mint / numismatic historical record: jefferson 'war nickels' struck 1942-1945 used a copper-silver-manganese alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese (replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel alloy to conserve nickel for wwii military use)., us mint / numismatic historical record: wartime five-cent pieces struck 1942-1945 were composed of an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese (replacing the standard 75% copper / 25% nickel composition to conserve nickel for the war effort)., us mint / united states code history of circulating coinage: war nickels (1942-1945) were struck in an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese, replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel alloy to conserve nickel for wwii military use. this is a well-documented historical/numismatic fact (e.g. usmint.gov coin specifications and standard numismatic references such as the red book / pcgs coinfacts), not derivable from on-chain data., us mint / us treasury historical record: war nickels (1942-1945) were struck from an alloy of 35% silver, 56% copper, and 9% manganese, replacing the standard copper-nickel alloy to conserve nickel for wwii production., us mint / us treasury historical records on wartime nickel composition: 'war nickels' struck october 1942 through 1945 were composed of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese (replacing the standard 75% copper / 25% nickel alloy to conserve nickel for the war effort)., us mint and wikipedia 'nickel (united states coin)' composition table: war nickels 1942-1945 are 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese, us mint coin specifications and wikipedia, 'jefferson nickel' (war nickel section): 1942-1945 nickels struck in a 35% silver alloy, us mint coin specifications for the jefferson 'war nickel' (1942-1945 mintage composition), cross-checked against wikipedia 'nickel (united states coin)', us mint composition records: wartime (1942-1945) 'war nickels' were struck from an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese, replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel composition to conserve nickel for military use., us mint composition records: wartime (1942-1945) 5-cent 'war nickel' alloy was 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese (replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel alloy to conserve nickel for wwii production)., us mint historical coin specifications (usmint.gov coin specifications archive) and the us coinage act amendment of 1942 (public law 77-507), which set the wartime five-cent alloy at 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese, replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel alloy for 1942-1945 production to conserve nickel for the war effort, us mint historical coin specifications for the 1942-1945 jefferson 'war nickel': alloy of 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese (replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel alloy to conserve nickel for wwii production)., us mint official coin specifications (united states mint, catalog of coin specifications: jefferson nickel wartime alloy 1942-1945 = 56% cu, 35% ag, 9% mn), corroborated by the smithsonian national numismatic collection's description of the 1942-1945 'war nickel' composition, us mint official composition history for five-cent coins: wartime nickels (1942-1945) were struck in a copper-silver-manganese alloy that is 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese (https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications), us mint official composition records / united states code 31 u.s.c. 5112 historical specification for wartime five-cent coins (1942-1945): 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese, us mint official composition records for the jefferson 'war nickel' (1942-1945): the five-cent coin was struck in an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese, as documented at usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications, us mint official history / numismatic references (e.g., usmint.gov coin specifications and standard numismatic catalogs such as the red book) state the 1942-1945 jefferson 'war nickel' alloy as 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese., us mint official history/composition records (usmint.gov coin specifications) and standard numismatic references (e.g. pcgs coinfacts, red book) on the 1942-1945 'war nickel', which specify the wartime alloy as 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese, replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel composition to conserve nickel for wwii defense production., us mint official history/numismatic record: 1942-1945 wartime jefferson 'war nickels' were struck in an alloy of 35% silver, 56% copper, and 9% manganese (replacing the standard copper-nickel alloy to conserve nickel for wwii military use). corroborated by the american numismatic association and us mint historical references., us mint official history: https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-production - war nickels (1942-1945) were struck in an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese to conserve nickel for wwii production; corroborated by the us mint's 'composition of circulating coins' reference., us mint official history: wartime nickels (1942-1945) were struck from an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese (usmint.gov, 'jefferson nickel' coin specifications/history)., us mint official records: jefferson 'war nickels' (mid-1942 to 1945) were struck in an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese to conserve nickel for wwii military use (usmint.gov coin specifications / us mint history)., us mint, 'nickel coin' history page (usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-production/circulating-coins/nickel) and the united states mint's official record of the 1942-1945 wartime five-cent alloy change under public law 77-507, both stating the composition was 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese, us mint: official composition of wartime 1942-1945 nickels was 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese (replacing the standard 75% copper/25% nickel alloy to conserve nickel for wwii production). corroborated by the us mint's historical coin specifications and the national archives record of public law 77-507 (march 27, 1942)., us mint: wartime (1942-1945) jefferson nickels, commonly called 'war nickels', were struck from an alloy of 35% silver, 56% copper, and 9% manganese (replacing the standard 75% copper / 25% nickel alloy to conserve nickel for the war effort)., wikipedia, "nickel (united states coin)": 'an alloy of 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese proved suitable, and this alloy began to be coined into nickels from october 1942.' and 'the pre-war composition returned in 1946'., wikipedia, 'jefferson nickel' (war nickel composition section), citing the us mint's published 1942-1945 composition: 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese, wikipedia, 'nickel (united states coin)' (war nickel composition section, citing us mint specifications): war nickels 1942-1945 were 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese. cross-check: us mint composition history for the 1942-1945 nickel., wikipedia, 'nickel (united states coin)', section on wartime nickels: 1942-1945 nickels were 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese (us mint composition change under war production board order). figure taken from memory of that article; not fetched live in this run., www.greysheet.com, www.money.org, www.nationalww2museum.org, www.ngccoin.com, www.nps.gov, www.usmint.gov
Work
- pinnedblocks 26,115,448 to 26,115,747 to · on Ethereum mainnet
- answered140 of 140 agreed140 needed
#108435from www.pcgs.com
#130935US Mint official coin specifications (United States Mint, catalog of coin specifications: Jefferson Nickel wartime alloy 1942-1945 = 56% Cu, 35% Ag, 9% Mn), corroborated by the Smithsonian National Numismatic Collection's description of the 1942-1945 'war nickel' composition
#24435Wikipedia, 'Nickel (United States coin)' (war nickel composition section, citing US Mint specifications): war nickels 1942-1945 were 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese. Cross-check: US Mint composition history for the 1942-1945 nickel.
#17435from www.pcgs.com
#31235from www.nps.gov135 more
- signed
by the attester 0x5598…2982usable until
Checking the signature in this browser.
- typed data
- the exact bytes a consumer verifies, as JSON
- attester
- 0x5598aa9146215bc13eb26f2c692ad1461fd32982
- signature
- 0x4d42813d43be6f38f20b3b0a32c0da6aafa304d762265ed0cb8dc57bc535b1300a4517b1b078f777e825f94a1dd0b717dd5c93a989bc3999f36a695a3f4795861c
- signed panel
- 140 agreed · quorum 140 · 200 seats
- question hash
- 0xf38502f9fc49b68d0cab36d0a6f5f832a74e3051e12dcac5a3555fe98fd8d450
- answer type
- uint256
- consumer
- none named; signed for the zero address