What DO We Have Here ..
For starters, we have an orchid, ready to pop those flower buds open. And I can’t wait for peppers sympathy orchid to bloom!
On the other hand… We have a set of 11 United States war time silver nickels. These nickels were composed of 56% copper, 35%, silver and 9% Maganese. It’s really the silver I was after. Although the word time nickels are cool, these are in circulated condition and showing somewhere. Really purchased them for the silver content at this point.
I’ll do some quick math, so don’t hold me exactly accountable, but each coin weighs 5 g times 35% equals approximately 1.75 g of silver. Depending on the market timing, that could be anywhere between $1.25 and $1.50 worth of silver. Again, the market fluctuates rapidly, so that amount goes up and down by the minute. So we’ll say $1.25 times 11 coins equals approximately $13.75. At the thrift store I went to the gentleman had them marked at $20. Well today red tags were 20% off! That brings my total to $16 bucks. Not too bad I don’t think. A little over spot but I’m OK with that. It’s within my purchase range.
Take a look at those those orchid buds. They are almost the size of these nickels. I don’t know whether or not they stack as well though… Lol. But they are definitely worth their visual value. I really can’t make a good comparison between the nickels and the flowers other than size.
You can’t have my orchid…
But you can have your own wartime nickel…
**Heck, they made millions and millions and millions of them. You may even run across a couple in your change. If you’re not careful you could put it in the jar with the rest of your loose change. Keep an eye out for dark colored nickels! If you have one, you may be lucky enough to have a silver wartime nickel.
Happy hunting!
I will let you know when the orchid blooms
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I have lots of old coins. Now I just have to find them, somewhere in my basement where they landed after my move.
I love your orchids. I really want to get some more of my own, mostly because you keep showing your lovelies off.
hahahaha.. The basement is where everything eventually ends up.
I would send you one, but it may be cheaper to just go to the grocery store and get one.. lol. If you are ever in NJ I'll gift you one of mine 😁
You're in freaking NJ?! I don't know why that surprises me, but it does. North or south? I go to Nyack a couple times a year. I'd love to have an orchid from you!!!!! I'll scrounge through my coins and look for a war time nickel to trade you.
Hahaha.. Yup. We are at the opposite end of the state.. way down south near Atlantic City. I have heard of Nyack and had to look that up to see where it is. Yeah.. that's about 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours from us. One Nickel!!! lol.
I also have many coins here that are no longer in circulation but are very special and the designs are very beautiful. In this way, it is not easy to take care of all these things in the garden and these plants, it takes time, water and a lot of effort.
You will have to share them with us!
Yeah sure.
Seems like a pretty good investment to me. Oh, the orchid looks great too! :)
If they had two I would have picked you up a set and sent it to you.
Orchid is on it's way to a nice bloom I think. Very soon.
Haha, thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing what it produces!
Your orchids keep flowering, year after year! Yes, Wartime Silver Nickels.
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Holy cow! You have quite a few. I have the 11 plus maybe another 12 or so. I like the way yours look on the map like that.. always looks nice!
I think that's the exact set I have. I picked up a bunch of "readers digest" sets a while back and just cracked them open and pulled the silvers out.
I thought about pulling them out of this cardboard thing too. I don't think it makes much difference as far as value goes.
It's funny that you have the same set.. then again, I bet they made a bunch of these sets.
Soon you will have beautiful orchids. I have told you before, I follow your posts because I want to see their evolution. And I'm sure when they all bloom it will be a tremendous show. I look forward to it. Have a nice weekend.🥰
I am looking forward to it too. I will keep you posted on the developments and hopefully we both see some beautiful blooms soon. Have a great weekend!
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No buds on my orchid yet. I don't even know what species it is when I inherited it.
You'll have to share a photo of it sometime. I would be interested in seeing it.
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You need your Nickels!!!
Look at all the buds! It will be cool when they open.
I can't wait! 😁
They should be a nice clean white.
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They are really looking so premium and precious
Thank you! I think so too.
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Well I don't know much about silver coins collection but I'd sure to love to learn.
But with my eyes on those orchids, you will surely let me have some.😁