Posted 04/17/2012 10:16 pm
I think that thatguyayers is fairly new to roll searching and it brings back fond memories when I would find an old nickel myself regardless of the grade. These nickels may have a mint mark on the right side of the Monticello building on the reverse side. I cannot tell if these are P ( no mint mark ) D ( Denver ) or S ( San Fran )
It is only by going through large numbers of these nickels that it will begin to click for you what you commonly encounter and what you notice is unusual.
It is unusual to encounter these dates anymore, but you can find all the dates eventually. It make take a long time but since they all look generally the same and all are circulating because of that you may find better dates.
Although this is a bit advanced information for a beginner ... For the 1946, I would look for two things.
If it were a Denver coin, you could have a D over inverted D
and if it were an S you might find the doubled die obverse that has the "hockey stick" struck through error on the ponytail of Jefferson's wig.
But I already looked, you don't have this tough coin.
Keep on doing what you are doing and you will learn.
It is only by going through large numbers of these nickels that it will begin to click for you what you commonly encounter and what you notice is unusual.
It is unusual to encounter these dates anymore, but you can find all the dates eventually. It make take a long time but since they all look generally the same and all are circulating because of that you may find better dates.
Although this is a bit advanced information for a beginner ... For the 1946, I would look for two things.
If it were a Denver coin, you could have a D over inverted D
and if it were an S you might find the doubled die obverse that has the "hockey stick" struck through error on the ponytail of Jefferson's wig.
But I already looked, you don't have this tough coin.
Keep on doing what you are doing and you will learn.
