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War Nickel Question
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What was the "strategic" need for nickel in WWII? What was it used for?
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--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Afterall, it was removed from the cent too in 1943, so there had to be a need for copper.
Bullets, shell casings etc.
<< <i>Why wouldn't we assume the need was for copper (of which nickels are 75% copper)?
Afterall, it was removed from the cent too in 1943, so there had to be a need for copper.
Bullets, shell casings etc. >>
And by doing so the needs for copper were met.
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<< <i>Why wouldn't we assume the need was for copper (of which nickels are 75% copper)?
Afterall, it was removed from the cent too in 1943, so there had to be a need for copper.
Bullets, shell casings etc. >>
And by doing so the needs for copper were met. >>
But that need was met in 1943, copper as well as nickel was removed from nickels in 1942 - 1945. So the need would certainly have been there before they realized that by reducing copper in cents would meet all that need.
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During World War II, nickel was needed for armor plate, and copper was required for electrical wiring, shell cases, and radar equipment.
we only had prototype jets in WWII, there was no production version flying.
<< <i>Alnico magnets, plating, steel alloys, batteries. >>
I am guessing you mean something other than the early Japanese work and Fender Broadcaster pups and amp speakers
Doubting the jets in WW2 tho.
Eric
There's also Great Info on the WW-II Nickels in the Pattern Book by Roger Burdette
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It dropped from 75% to 56%. They were saving some copper for the war effort.
<< <i>Was there ever any effort to withdraw coins from circulation for melting to get more nickel? >>
I would believe the amounts of war nickels suggests that really the economy was picking up dramatically and there was a need for all the coins they could get - pulling other coins out of circulation would have just led to hoarding and a real problem.
And the Canadians came up with their own wartime replacements.
During the war American sources of the element were concentrated in Southeast Asia (Australia, New Caledonia) and other areas occupied by or threated by Japan. While Canada had large deposits, they were in deep terrain and only partially accessible in the late 1930s.
Nickel was required for stainless steel, armor plate, heat resistant alloys for electrodes, high temperature alloys for engines, corrosion resistance especially in marine use, and low expansion alloys for high performance engines.
During the 1920s it was proposed to make the U.S. five-cent coin out of pure nickel, so that it would become a circulating reserve of the metal. This could be withdrawn from circulation during an emergency. The proposal was unsuccessful.
Learn about World War II coinage experiments, including the War Nickel, in Pattern and Experimental Pieces of WW-II available from Wizard Coin Supply.
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