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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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WOW!  I'd LOVE to own that! |
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 That is one awesome error! |
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United States
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IMHO ~ What's missing on the PCGS Holder is that this 1944P Nickel was minted on a Belguim 1944 2 Frank (made in USA on blanks for 1943 Cents), as the Philladelphia Mint struck 25,000 coins for Belguim... If this nickel was minted in 1943 it would have been struck on a USA cent planchet, since it's dated 1944, and the Mint had an inventory of zinc coated steel cent planchets left over from 1943 and in 1944 struck them for Belguim, I believe that one of the zinc/steel planchets remained stuck in the transport bin after striking the Belguim 2 Frank coins, and the next load of planchets to enter the bin was the 35% silver planchets for the striking of the 1944 nickels... (I could be wrong)  |
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The mintage should have been 25 million and not 25,000 ~ I misread the mintage in the catalog...
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NOTE: I just went back to ebay and realized that the seller has sold some awesome errors in the past, and is the person that sold me the unique 2003D Quadstruck Lincoln Cent in late 2003... Coin posted in this forum last year... |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Broken but if the left over used for the belgium were actually from the 1943 penny, without actually minting the belgium design wouldnt that technically make that still a 43 cent? What I mean is the planchets were for the 43, till the belgium was minted on it they were still really 43s, so without that being pressed on this planchet to me at least it seems more like an interesting fact than something that would change the planchet designation
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I believe the primary reason for the zinc/steel planchets in the production area in 1944 (date on 5 cent piece) are due to the production of the Belguim 2 Franks coins, and had there been no order for the Belguim coins, the zinc/steel planchets would not have been on the production line in 1944...
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I believe the PCGS holder is correct..anything else is speculation.
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There is no way to determine if this is a steel cent planchet left over from 1943 or a steel cent planchet intended to be struck as a Belgium 2 franc coin in 1944. Since the Philadelphia Mint struck 25 million of the latter, the odds favor the latter interpretation.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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How would I know if I had one of those?I have several old nickels .Are they different in weight or are the magnetic?Different in size?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Monika the weight should be different since the wrong size planchet was used. If you notice too in the picture the writing doesn't seem to quite fit on the planchet and gets cut off in parts
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It should weigh the same as a 1943 cent...2.7 grams
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