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1942 No Mint Mark Nickel Error?

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 Posted 07/18/2020  4:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T-BOP to your friends list
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 Posted 07/18/2020  6:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list
Weight for both the copper nickel and the "war time" alloy was specified as 5 grams +/- .19 grams the the nickel you have in question is .03 grams heavy. VERY slightly overweight, technically an "error", but not significant enough to be worth a premium.
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 Posted 07/18/2020  8:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
There were type one and type two nickels that year:
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Type one didn't have a mintmark because it was not a War Nickel.
The type two is the part silver coin, with the 'P' mint mark that year. The 1942-45 35% silver war nickles had the mintmark above the dome. (35% Silver, 56% copper and 9% Manganese)
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 Posted 07/18/2020  8:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Dr. coop nails it as always.



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 Posted 03/18/2025  5:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add WindyCityMan to your friends list
I cannot imagine how many people have been misled by you people?
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 Posted 03/18/2025  5:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lcutler to your friends list
What are you talking about misleading people? Everything stated in this post is correct. The nickel you posted is an error type 1 struck on an underweight silver planchet, how does this make anything in the original post incorrect?
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 Posted 03/18/2025  5:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coin rejector to your friends list
@windycityman....
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What exactly are you referring to? The OP asked a question & he was given correct answers.
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 Posted 03/18/2025  9:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list
I don't understand why he put a question Mark at the end of his STATEMENT - as it is clearly not a question. (wouldn't that be an error?)

All through this topic the answers given are correct, seeing how the OP was asking the difference between the 1942 regular Nickel and the War time Silver nickel.

The picture you posted is of an off metal strike which IS an error coin (a type 1 nickel) as it should he been struck on a Copper/Nickel planchet.
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I cannot imagine how many people you're trying to mislead when you post a completely different weight coin than the OP to try and prove a point?
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 Posted 03/19/2025  09:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Chase007 to your friends list
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As stated above your slabbed coin is totally unrelated to this topic and your statement is totally unfounded and WRONG and insulting...........

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