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Canada
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a) Not rare, but rare in terms of a modern coin
b) It's not silver... It can be for that year. Look above the Building for a mintmark. If there, it is silver!
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United States
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That's not a silver War Nickel, those have a big mintmark above the dome on Monticello. They did start minting those in 1942, but it was later in the year. The Northern Mariana Islands coin you have is one of the 2009 United States Territory quarters, which are a bit difficult to find. Congratulations! |
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Both are tough finds in standard circulation these days (i.e., not through CRH). That's some pretty good luck you have there!
For comparison here are the mintage figures of the coins you found and some other similar coins:
'09D Mariana: 37.6M
'65: 1819.7M
'88P: 562.0M
'42 Nickel: 49.8M
'78 Nickel: 313.1M
'00D Nickel: 1,509.5M
So as you can see, Windchild is correct and actually both are relatively rare for modern circulation coins.
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United States
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In my opinon, the nickel is silver. I see a mintmark, possibly an "S" above Monticello. nice find.
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Nice finds, especially in Canada. I think I may see a MM on the five cent coin, that or PMD? John1  |
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What letter should be there?
Pretty sure there is a "P" under the "B", but?
Ill take some better pics when I get the chance... :)
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Pillar of the Community
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...or it could be an "S"...I'll take pics asap :)
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I think I mixed in another quarter, but there are most from the NORTHERN MARIANA coin... :)
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 .....what are you using to take your pics ? If you don't mind telling, awesome pics ! Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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The 1st post was with my camera as I was playing with manual focus & the pics on the 2nd post were from the $40, 800x microscope off ebay, which $20 was for shipping...:) |
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United States
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Thanks aard, gotta love those inexpensive scopes.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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It looks identicle to this one below right down to the stand... It was $19.99 for the USB SCOPE & $20 for the shipping directly from China & into my Canadian hands...all within 14 days. The USB SCOPE has a light-scroll to adjust brightness of the lights & the res. is from 320x240 or 480x360 or 640x480 or 1280x960 upto 1600x1200! You can take a snapshot with the red button on the side, or using the software, use your mouse to avoid a shakey pic. This usb scope even came with its own measuring software too!! Well worth the $40 bucks...I wanted to spend the extra cash @ first on a better USB SCOPE, but cant complain in any way shape or form about the USB SCOPE I got...  |
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I've gotten Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, and District of Columbia in circulation, in CANADA! I am putting together a "found in change" set of the US quarters, and I just need the last territories, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
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