How to Invest in Nickel

Profit from the rising value of nickel by investing in and owning pure physical nickel in a government backed coin form.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cash to Invest (you may not need much)
• Time to understand the opportunity
• Desire to profit
• Some patience

1. 
   Nickel Ore

   Canada is a major Ni producer and Canada used pure Ni for coin for many years. Check out coinflation.com/canada for the current melt or intrinsic value of Nickel (Ni) Canadian Nickels, Dimes and Quarters. Your best bet is the Nickels because there is more metal for the face value and because each 5 cent coin weighs 4.54 grams, so they divide very nicely into even lots of 100 Canadian nickels = 1 pound of pure nickel.

2. 
   Ni table details

   Get to know the date ranges that Canada used pure Ni for coins:
   
   5 cent coins - generally to 1981.
   
   *In selected years the composition was changed to preserve Ni for war efforts.
   
   10 cent coins - up to 1999
   25 cent coins - up to 1999

3. 
   Ebay has Nickel coins for sale, but so does Copper Cave and other vendors

   Find a source for Canadian Ni coins. Examples include:
   The Copper Cave (linked below)
   Realcent forum (linked below)
   e-Bay Copper and Nickel Bullion Areas

Tips & Warnings

• Consider Ni similar to investing in junk silver or gold coin bullion
• Remember that investing in physical commodities involves shipping costs and the need to store your Ni somewhere.
• Careful with the dates. Don't buy the debased CuNi 5 cent coins issued after 1982 or plated steel coins issued from 2000.
• Other then the 35% silver war nickels, US 5 cent coins are all 75% Copper and 25% Nickel (CuNi) and were never made from pure Nickel.

Resources

• Coinflation.com
• The Copper Cave
• Coin Forum with a Ni Section
• Helpful e-Bay Article
• e-Bay Coins & Paper Money > Bullion > Other

[michaelmulvania]

on 11/5/2009 Thanks for the info!

[txconejo]

on 11/2/2009 Who Knew? Thanks! I'm allergic to nickel; I wonder if I'd need to keep it sealed up :)