You don't want to buy silver? I understand. (No, I'm just being polite. I don't understand.) At least hang on to every nickel you get though.

They are currently worth more than the face value of 5 cents. And that's even before they phase out the copper/nickel composition.

Ref: http://www.coinflation.com/coins/1946-2007-Jefferson-Nickel-Value.html

And: http://www.survivalblog.com/2011/02/the_nitty_gritty_on_nickels.html