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So we went to the Vienna coin show a couple weeks ago. I went with the quest of filling the holes in my proof nickel Dansco, specifically the War Nickels. As it is a proof book, the other coins are BU, or if too expensive, nice AU. Thats true on all my proof books. So I go from tableto table to table. I fill some of the non war holes, but no War Nickels. NONE. At least not in high grade. Plenty of G and VG batches, but nothing else. So I have spent the last couple weeks checking ebay. Some stuff, but nothing that isn't over priced or plain crappy. Check all my saved sellers that I use. Nothing. Finally, I find a guy that has almost everything I need, including the 42 nickel nickel. I snap them up. Only one left. The 42D. Now I know in high MS they are several hundred bucks. I dont need that. On this one I would take a nice AU in the 25 dollar range. Think those are out there? NO. Either they are absolutely beautiful MS 64+ coins (which I WOULD like to have, but not spending that money) or they are the well circulated type. For a non silver coin, this is getting frustrating.  Its like the 3 leggers. You can find them in high grade for thousands all the time. But a nice VG or F? Pfffftttttt, good luck. Edited by smokeriderdon
11/16/2011 10:50 pm
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Online, I only found 1942-D nickels VF or VG for under $4 or Uncirculated-60 for $135  |
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I picked this one off ebay last week for $8.75. I'm not an expert at grading by any means, but it looked very nice overall and seemed to have nearly "full steps." I just got it in the mail today and I'm happy with it. |
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very nice looking coin barryg. I think you made a great choice of a coin. The war ones I had were like Vf at the best.
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Coin shops are a nice luxury if you have any close to you.
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Vienna, Austria?  Quite a distance for a coin show! Edited by oih82w8
11/17/2011 10:10 am
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I actually have been considering buy 5 War nickles from a Antique Shop....They are all AU and 2 may grade MS. They all are 6 bucks each. Do you think I should snag them up?
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 Thanks jbuck.  Jayman, I'd say yes off hand. eagle, the shops around here are really thin on them as well. And we hav like 3 or 4 shops near us. Its like there has been a run on them. But I'm gonna find one darn it. |
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In Regards to that ebay Nickel...Shouldn't the D be above the building and not on the side? |
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1942-d nickels are not silver only P and S over the dome are (35%) silver. They also made a 1942 philly which is not silver that has no mint mark. There is no "d" over the dome in 1942. |
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Ahhh...okay...thanks for clearing that up for me.
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