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I recently purchased a fairly large collection of coins and currency. I found a 1942 no mint mark nickel. The question I have is, what is the weight of a standard no mint mark 1942 nickel? I have war time nickels from that year and they weigh 5+ grams. I also have another 1942 no mint mark nickel that weighs 4.86 grams. The nickel I am questioning weighs 5.21 grams. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. |
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To CCF ,  If you can , show us front and back of coin .  |
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Weight for both the copper nickel and the "war time" alloy was specified as 5 grams +/- .19 grams the the nickel you have in question is .03 grams heavy. VERY slightly overweight, technically an "error", but not significant enough to be worth a premium.
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There were type one and type two nickels that year:  Type one didn't have a mintmark because it was not a War Nickel. The type two is the part silver coin, with the 'P' mint mark that year. The 1942-45 35% silver war nickles had the mintmark above the dome. (35% Silver, 56% copper and 9% Manganese) |
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Dr. coop nails it as always. to the CCF! |
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I cannot imagine how many people have been misled by you people?  |
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What are you talking about misleading people? Everything stated in this post is correct. The nickel you posted is an error type 1 struck on an underweight silver planchet, how does this make anything in the original post incorrect?
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@windycityman.... Quote:
I cannot imagine how many people have been misled by you people? What exactly are you referring to? The OP asked a question & he was given correct answers. |
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I don't understand why he put a question Mark at the end of his STATEMENT - as it is clearly not a question. (wouldn't that be an error?)
All through this topic the answers given are correct, seeing how the OP was asking the difference between the 1942 regular Nickel and the War time Silver nickel.
The picture you posted is of an off metal strike which IS an error coin (a type 1 nickel) as it should he been struck on a Copper/Nickel planchet.
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I cannot imagine how many people have been misled by you people? I cannot imagine how many people you're trying to mislead when you post a completely different weight coin than the OP to try and prove a point? |
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I guess that 'person' was just a "Hit and Run' poster  |
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WindyCityManAs stated above your slabbed coin is totally unrelated to this topic and your statement is totally unfounded and WRONG and insulting........... Quote:
I guess that 'person' was just a "Hit and Run' poster Agreed.
Edited by Chase007
03/19/2025 09:18 am
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Well said Chase!!  |
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