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Valued Member
United States
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Well after nearing the end of 2 boxes of nickels, I thought I was going to get skunked for silver. However...this beauty of a coin was found in my 3rd to last roll. Do you guys think this is a proof War Nickel? Did they even make them during the war? This is, IMO, at least AU50.     ! Thoughts? In case its hard to see, its definitely full steps and its very sharply struck. Unfortunately there are some scatches and blemishes from being in circulation. I cant tell if it has been cleaned though.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Here is another pic.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3276 Posts |
Best War Nickel I have seen from circulation! I'd say at least AU 50, but we'd need better photos to grade. photos should be more straight on and maybe a little larger. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
Nice War Nickel! But no its not a proof, theres no mirror field. You'll know it when you see it! |
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New Member
United States
18 Posts |
I just found a 1938D with a lot of steps. It looks like AU or close to it.
I also found a 1958 proof that looks beautiful, probably au-55.
Not a bad box.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2759 Posts |
wow Jizer1 - I've picked 28 War Nickels from circulations and that's much better than any I've found! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
The proof you found would be graded PRF-55 then.
But that is a great find none-the-less!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
Jizer1, there were no proof coins made in San Francisco until 1968, so it is definitely not a proof, but a very beautiful coin. You are very lucky to have found it. I wish I was half as lucky.  |
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Valued Member
United States
275 Posts |
Is the original poster still doing this, I didn't see the recent numbers
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Pillar of the Community
527 Posts |
I found my very first 1950 nickel today but it was not a Denver mintmark, but that's okay with me; I also found a 1955p in that same bunch! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
So yesterday I went to my local BoA they didn't have a box to spare, so they gave me $100 in trays, half of which were customer-wrapped rolls. Not only did I fill 6 holes in my '38-'61 album and upgrade another 4, I also found:
1x1945-P War Silver
3x? Buffalo Heads
1x1933 Buffalo Head in XF+ condition.
1x1900 V-Nickel!
Best nickel haul *ever* so far!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
Yep Steve,contrary to popular belief,customer wrapped rolls often have good stuff. All of my Liberty nickels(5 total),and over half of my silver wars(110 total)and most of my dated buffalos(23 total)came from CWRs. Boxes are nice,but if you can get quantity of CWRs,go for it!
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Valued Member
United States
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1x1933 Buffalo Head in XF+ condition. Another 1933 nickel? That's two posted in the last ten days here. Nice finds! Buffalos are great even if the date is worn off and V nickels are pretty rare to find. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@hockingzig Aye most of my best finds come from customer wrapped rolls or teller trays (including nearly all of my recent silver finds); however, I've been pretty consistently getting at least one War Nickel per machine-wrapped box. I've never come across a buffalo head nickel in a box yet, let alone four at a time. :-) @sich0015 I'm currently trying to use some lighting tricks to divine the dates on the dateless ones. Hopefully it will bear fruit. |
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United States
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You guys do know the mint never made 1933 nickels? Just making sure.
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