1943 Nickel Compositional Planchet Error?

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Benny New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 01:23 am Gentleman, Was going through my coin boxes once again and in doing so I found a 1943 P Nickel that looked quite different then the rest. I noticed that it had no "copper under tone"... what I mean is that I always notice that on the War Nickels, especially in the more worn areas, the copper hue is showing through. Quite pronounced, this one had none that I could see though it does show wear. I weighed it and it weighed in @ 4.7 grams. All of my other War Nickels came in @ 4.9 or 5.0 grams. No Copper? Planchet compositional error? Any input? How could I explore this further? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 05:54 am The coin shown looks normal to me,maybe it was dipped. Can you post photos of the ones that have a copper hue look to them for comparison? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Benny New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 09:41 am Alright, here are the comparison shots. I took the photos together (i.e. a regular looking one with the coin in question in the same picture, so the color differences can be observed and examined in the same color spectrum/hue as the other coin). Regular looking coin is uptop in each case. That, what I call, "copper hue" is pronounced in the war time nickels that I have seen. However it is entirely absent in the one I posted here ... so it got me wondering if the metal composition was different on this coin then the regular ones. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 4:52 pm Just toned. Both are silver nickels. Report this Post to the Staff
FlipOfACoin Valued Member 474 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 6:55 pm with coop. I have several high grade WWII silver nickels that have a copper / golden tone. In fact, you can see some really beautiful colors in the WWII nickel series. Report this Post to the Staff
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