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I know about cents and nickels, but are other US coins such as dimes, quarters, etc, officially considered "war time" coins for WWII? If so, what denominations and years? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Technically they probably arent because they didnt go through a change as a result of the war like the nickel and penny, but to me anything with a war time date is a war time coin.
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Opinions on this topic are mixed. See a couple of older threads on the "war-time debate" here and here. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I guess that's why I couldn't find a straight forward answer via google, hehe :) Thanks for the info and links. I am starting a WWII set and was trying to decide on whether I wanted to do sets of "official" war time coins, or basically full mint sets of the period, 1939ish to 1945ish. I'm thinking the latter would be more rewarding.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And then you have the Ike, considered by some to be
"war-like", regardless of date. Or the general series.
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ALL of the coins from 1942-1945 in the U.S.A. should properly be considered WAR TIME. In practice though it is just the cents from 1943 and the nickels (some of the 1942s and all from 1943-1945) that get the attention due to the change in composition. As a general rule most of the war time coins in BU are not that hard to find and tend to be worth less that the coins following them in 1946-1949. The catch is that finding 1943 steel cents with that pop without the spots or any type of dull grey is not as easy as some people think. When I sell 1943PDS cents that meet that criteria I designate them as WHITE in the same way that you use RED on all the surrounding years.
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I'd consider only those where the composition or design changed because of the war to be considered war time coins. Opening up the definition has some issues. How about WWI coins? For that matter, how about any other war? Take it too far and about 1/4 of all US coins would be war coins. |
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It is all a matter of opinion. Since the dimes, quarters and halves (there were no dollar coins being made then...) had no changes in design or composition there is no real reason to call them "War Time" other than they were produced during the war. Nickels and cents were different so they are legitimately called "War Time".
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While published books and collector precedent may serve to create de facto rules regarding what is considered a "war time" issue, there is nothing to prevent one from building "war time sets" using their own rules of inclusion.
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Thanks for all the input. For me personally, I have decided to start with 43-46 cents and the War Nickels. Maybe a set of raw and a set of slabbed. Personal preference for me is raw... I like to be able to actually examine the coins outside of plastic :) But ill probably do an identical set slabbed since its semi affordable to obtain high grades in this set. I have completed the raw BU Cent set so far...  Edited by JJHFL
07/21/2013 9:37 pm
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atchinsonbj is correct all of the coins struck from 1942 through 1945 should be considered "war time" coins. The final surrender of the Germans occurred on May 8, 1945. The Japanese annouced their surrender and a cease-fire on August 15, 1945 (their time, August 14, 1945 US Time). The formal paperwork was signed on September 2, 1945 That's the surrender. However, by tradition, wars don't formally end until a treaty of some kind is signed. Although from one point of view, the War in Europe didn't end until 5 May 1955. This is when the French, British, and US ended all formal occupation of their areas, and merged them into the Federal Republic of Germany or "West Germany". They had actually done so earlier 0n 23 May 1949, but it took a while to get all the final details settled. From the traditional point of view, the war never ended in Europe because no peace treaty was ever signed. They just stopped fighting. The 1943 steel cent and the 35% silver nickels of 1942-45 are called war time only as a means to identify them as a result of their change in composition during that specific period. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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