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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree--thinking mechanical 'vending/solt' machine damage. Recall those old-school parking meters--insert coin and twist handle
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Pillar of the Community
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@Chevyman -  - Perhaps coin wrapping/counting machine damage. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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to the CCF, Chevyman. In addition, this is not a " War Nickel" - those are 35% silver with the mint mark above Monticello. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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United States
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to CCF. Yes this would be rotational damage from some sort machine. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Also my thought that it's a standard 1942 Philadelphia mint coin of pre-war composition, with damaged reverse. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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to the CCF and PMD. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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No its not. A Coin Wrapping Machine usually leaves a thin scratch around the coin. This has material removed which could only occur from some sort of machine that you insert the coin in such as vending, slot, parking meter etc. |
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Pillar of the Community
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There are two types of Jefferson nickel from Philadelphia in 1942. The first were struck with ordinary cupronickel planchets, and do not have a mint mark. The second type were struck on the 35% silver planchets, and have a large P mint mark over Monticello. The circular scar could be Coin Wrapping Machine Damage, although as Jimmy says, it's probably more likely to have been from a Gumball Machine, a vending machine, a cigarette machine, or another mechanism that relies on manual force. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank you JimmyD for correcting me.  Errers and Varietys.
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New Member
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If the silver and cupro nickel both weigh 5 grams how am I to to tell if not mintmark error. I have had several War Nickel with mint mark |
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Well, you could do an XRF test for silver. Seems a bit excessive, though, when the probability of it being a genuine "35% silver no mint mark not a Henning" coin is really quite low. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Thank you JimmyD for correcting me. Your welcome. We all learn through our mistakes. |
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The 1942 Nickels with a mintmark (P, D, or S) are the "War Nickels," which contain 35% silver and are easily identifiable by the larger mintmark on the reverse. Your nickel is NOT a ' War Nickel' just a regular strike consisting of 75% copper and 25% nickel Regular nickel production continued until October 1942 at the Philadelphia Mint, and the Denver Mint continued to produce regular nickels throughout the year. Due to the war effort, the U.S. Mint switched from a 75% copper/25% nickel alloy to a 56% copper/35% silver/9% manganese alloy for nickels in 1942. So far to date, no 'missing' MM from Philadelphia found or recorded. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I believe you can distinguish a cupronickel Jefferson nickel from a silver War Nickel by specific gravity. They both have a mass of 5g, but the War Nickel has a slightly different density. Much cheaper than an XRF test. Although accuracy is a challenge. |
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