First War Nickel!

Very nice find. I'm a bit of a War Nickel guy. I have about 200, but no 43-d's. I intend to grab on off the bay soon.

Pre-1960, Buffalo nickels, Liberty nickels, proofs, War Nickels, errors also.

Buffalo nickels are about as common as War Nickels (at least for me), and V nickels show up now and then. 1950, 1950-D, 1939-D/S and 1938-D/S are scarce dates. A lot of people just keep everything from before 1960. There are several doubled dies and repunched mintmarks, and always keep an eye out for errors.

Not an error, but a variety you may or may not be aware of is the 1990 "no FS" (it doesn't have the designer's initials under Jefferson's bust).

Great for you .... nice find.

I've been through a few nickel rolls ... and find a War Silver on average every 73 rolls.

Looking forward to hearing of your future finds.

David

Wicked cool!

Steve

This is what I have kept the past few weeks:

Nickels
----50 Rolls----1958-D Machine Double, 1939, 3x1940, 2x1941, 1942D, 2x1946, 1947, 2x1948D, 2x1949, 1951D, 1952D, 1953D, 1954D, 2x1956D, 1956, 1957D, 5x1958D, 1959, 1959D, 2 Canadian dimes
----25 Rolls----4 Canadian nickels, 17 pre 1959
----25 rolls----14 pre 1959, 1 war time 1945 P
----22 rolls----15 ore 1959
----50 rolls----1 war time 1942 P, 8 pre 1959, 1 Canadian, 1 swiss 20 centims
----7 rolls----2 dateless buffalos, 3 pre 1959
----50 rolls----BU 64D, 1942 D wartime, (2X) 1943 P war time, 22 pre 1959, 5 Canadian
----50 rolls----70 pre 1959, 2 Canadian
----50 rolls----1958 Machine Doubling, 29 pre 1959, 2 Canadian, 1 liberty V

So that is 5 wartime partial silver nickels, and lots of other goodies! Congrats!