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Valued Member
United States
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So here is the backstory on this nickel. I have had it sitting in my junk coin box for as long as I can remember. I have absolutely no memory of when, where, or how I got it. It just something that made it into my box somehow. I guess I thought it looked cool because of how damaged it was, like it was in a fire or something. Well today, for whatever reason, I decided to take a closer look at it. And much to my surprise, I found out it was a War Nickel! Every single bit of lettering and numbering is burned off except the faint P above the Monticello. So as cool as I thought this coin was before, it just increased tenfold.    |
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Moderator
 United States
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Nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Umm, why did jbuck say nice?
The coin is very ugly...but IT'S cool since it's silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd say Sweet! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
940 Posts |
Someone hammered away at the rims for a while.
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United States
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Umm, why did jbuck say nice? Because it is a nice story.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
That's pretty cool. Washing Machine coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
Cool coin and story ! This is what I like about coin collecting.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Amazing! That nickel looks like it's been through a war, survived, told you what it actually is, but keeping its story a secret from all of us  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I Like it. It's better then the War Nickel's I have! Although, to tell you the truth. I have NONE to date.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That coin was certainly in a fire. And a rather hot one at that. Almost as good as that partially melted Morgan that was posted a while ago.
Nice coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a confession to make... it was me... Those Whitman's are just so hard to get the coins into... I tried a hammer then a shop press... then I tried fire but that just set the book on fire then I spent the nickel on icecrem  .  |
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United States
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That's a cool story! Even though it doesn't have much value, the story behind it makes it priceless! I think it was probably in a fire at some point.
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Posted 06/07/2014 11:50 pm
