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Valued Member
United States
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or is it 1942-1945?
i picked up a second job recently and noticed he gets a lot of old rolls of coins from whatever bank he uses to supply his register and the roll of nickels had a 1940 and 1941, and he was nice enough to give them to me, others ranged from the 50's-60's
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No, they are not 35% silver which is the requirement for " War Nickels". They started in mid 1942 at Philadelphia and they have a HUGE mint mark above the Monticello, with the exception of the Henning Nickels which DO NOT have the mint mark above, which are FAKE! ...probably more than you wanted to know. I have been known to ramble on...occasionally.  Edited by oih82w8
12/20/2012 4:18 pm
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Valued Member
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oh well, still cool to have and put in my random coin box
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What about the non silver 1942,would that be considered a war time nickel? John1  |
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Since America was at war in 1942, it wouldn't be inappropriate to call them "war-time". Same as 1942-45 half-dollars can be called "war-time half dollars". Doing so for half-dollars would just be a marketing gimmick, but in the case of nickels, it might cause confusion.
I personally tend to think of any coins from 1939-1945 as "war-time coins", whether that country was in the war at that time or not. It was a "World War"; even countries not directly involved in the war felt its effects - disrupted trade and limitations on resources - and this is occasionally discernible in the coinage.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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For years only the 35% silver coins were referred to as War Nickels. We don't call 1941-45 Lincolns War Cents. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What SAP said.
Actually there have been wars somewhere for a long, long time. Guess we all should say which War.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To further add, some Jefferson nickels came out during an era of war, but don't get the technical definition of war-nickel. Coins too from the general era should be regarded as war time, but when it comes to nickels 'war time' refers to the substitution of silver for copper (in nickels), and zinc-coated steel for copper (in cents) since copper is an essential element for war. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I personally tend to think of any coins from 1939-1945 as "war-time coins", whether that country was in the war at that time or not. It was a "World War"; even countries not directly involved in the war felt its effects - disrupted trade and limitations on resources - and this is occasionally discernible in the coinage.  They may not be War Nickels in the sense theyre silver, but theyre definitely war time |
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Shouldn't there be some 1942 non-silver nickels? Or ยด42 nickels without the MM? besides the fakes mentioned above. The 1942 dies should have been done already by Dec 7th, or are those made just before the minting starts?
Sounds like the decision to make silver nickels went fast...may less red tape back then?
Just speculating here...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i wonder if the 43 Lincoln Cent should be called a "war" cent, since the change in metal was due specifically because of the wwar effort? |
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United States
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The 1917-1918 Buffalo nickel was a War Nickel too  . I'm just playing word games. Most of us understand what it means when we hear 'war nickel.' |
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Shouldn't there be some 1942 non-silver nickels? There are nickels from 1942 that are not 35% silver. They were produced at Philadelphia and Denver mints; Philadelphia also produced some silver nickels and all 1942 nickels minted in San Francisco were silver. The silver Philadelphia coins had a P mint mark above the dome; the traditional nickel/copper ones had no mint mark. |
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Sounds like the decision to make silver nickels went fast...may less red tape back then?
When it came to the war my understanding of the time period was that if the military needed it they got it and everyone else had to figure out how to manage without/with what was left |
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Posted 12/20/2012 4:18 pm
