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Weezer1878 Valued Member United States 349 Posts	Posted 08/12/2012 5:50 pm Has anyone ever heard of a 1942 small D Jefferson nickel? Edited by Weezer1878 08/12/2012 5:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff

pyrbob Rest in Peace United States 1943 Posts	Posted 08/12/2012 6:33 pm Are you talking about the non-war variety that was made in 1942? This was the first year for War Nickels and they made both varieties. Report this Post to the Staff
DNA Pillar of the Community United States 2734 Posts	Posted 08/12/2012 8:03 pm All 1942-D Nickels are standard cupro-nickel planchets, hence the standard (for the era) branch mintmark size and location. The Denver Mint did not issue large-mintmark Wartime 35% silver planchet Nickels until 1943. In 1942, Philadelphia Mint produced 49,789,000 standard planchet business strike Nickels (no mintmark) and 57,873,000 Wartime planchet business strike Nickles with the large "P" mintmarks. Edited by DNA 08/12/2012 8:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15400 Posts	Posted 08/12/2012 8:43 pm A quick search in the Red Book or on-line would produce the same answer ... though most likely lacking the excellent detail of DNA thoughtful reply. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
smokeriderdon Pillar of the Community United States 3755 Posts	Posted 08/12/2012 9:16 pm DNA beat me to it. Well covered. Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12816 Posts	Posted 08/13/2012 12:12 pm And all the folders/albums in my collection that I've just checked have spots for 4 1942 coins.... '42, '42D, '42P, '42S. Report this Post to the Staff
Weezer1878 Valued Member United States 349 Posts	Posted 08/13/2012 4:50 pm Thanks for the info. My father in law found a tube of 1942 D nickels in his father's coins. He said the writing on the side was "1942 Small D". He probably put these tubes together at least 30-40 years ago. No telling why though. Report this Post to the Staff
DNA Pillar of the Community United States 2734 Posts	Posted 08/13/2012 8:37 pm Quote: all the folders/albums in my collection that I've just checked have spots for 4 1942 coins.... '42, '42D, '42P, '42S. The first two are cupro-nickel, the last two are 35% silver. Interesting how all the 1942-D's are cupro-nickel, all the 1942-S are wartime 35% silver, and Philadelphia made them on both planchets (even for Proofs!). At one antique shop a few years back, I saw a roll of circulated "'42-D War Nickels", which were all cupro-nickel, of course... Report this Post to the Staff
perfessor Pillar of the Community United States 927 Posts	Posted 08/14/2012 01:57 am The 1942-D nickel was a low mintage date so if any of these are in a higher grade (AU or Unc) then they are worth something, even though not silver. If they were assembled many years ago, then there could be some good ones in there. The 1942-D is very hard to find in circulation, even roll searching. Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12816 Posts	Posted 08/14/2012 04:08 am perfessor, about the 42-D. Only 13.9M minted. The '43-D is a close second at 15.3M. I have gone through at least 20 boxes of nickels in the past year and the only War Nickels I've found are '42, '43-P, '43-S, '44-D, and '45-S. Happy with the '44-D at 32.3M. IMO, there are 3, possibly 4 factors working on the scarcity of these coins: 1. Mintage numbers. Most of the 11 War Nickels were under 60M in mintage. Even the 1943-P, at 271.2M for the year and the highest mintage of War Nickels, is not an excessive amount. For the day it was a lot, yes. 2. Age. These guys have been around for a LONG time. Old things that are rare tend to get stuck in albums/museums, end up in a landfill, get lost to environmental catastrophes (fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.), or otherwise become lost to man forever. 3. Silver. CRH'ers pull these guys out, and other folks do too. Then they end up at PM exchanges and bullion/coin stores/dealers/shows or in a jar on some collector's desk (like me). 4. Culling? I see a lot of references to "In the hopes of making them easy to sort out and withdraw after the war, the Mint struck all " War Nickels" with a large mint mark appearing above Monticello." but haven't seen much in the way of support there. Was there ever an attempt to withdraw these nickels from circulation thus dramatically decreasing the population? Edited by CelticKnot 08/14/2012 04:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/14/2012 10:33 am What you need to find is a 1942 with small S mintmark to the right of the building. Yes it exists, emphisis on "it". Report this Post to the Staff
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