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Valued Member
Canada
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 Hi,I havn't got a new scale to weigh the 83 penny from my previous post,helping parents get winterized at the house,I will soon but wanted to post a pic of the 1942 Nickel I bought last night. Once a month or so like most here I scan the websites quickly looking for stuff,1943,44,65 Silvers,82D and 83 Coppers,92D Close etc,I was going through the 42 Nickels and noticed this,there is something there that looks like an S but the original pic I posted for it is all I have to go by and it was small,this is a cropped pic 2X,5 bucks and it's in the mail today LOL,maybe you guys can blow it up and have a better imager than me,something is there for sure but who knows,never pass on stuff like this in the dollar bins is my motto. *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Here's the front,busy all day be back tonight.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This looks more like a usual 1942 non-silver nickel with some paridolia popping up looking like an S. Since 1942 is a transition year, there would be a large mintmark above the building distinguishing the silver ones from nickel ones. The only normal mintmark would be to the right side of the building and would be only D for Denver and would also be a normal semi-key date.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I just saw something there and bought it,don't know what's there I can't really even comment with these pics but something is there that shouldn't be,S,D or Cud,dirt ?,cool pick-up for 5 bucks though. |
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Valued Member
Canada
139 Posts |
I looked around at the reverse's on all the 41's last night and there are some S coins I saw in the general area of this mark,I'll look around at the D's later but not doing to much research on it,it's 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% just another 42 but I don't pass on this stuff for under 10 bucks,somebody has to win the Powerball Lottery LOL.
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Valued Member
Canada
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 Frith Nickel |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I just went through the 42 D's,I don't know what it is and I'm just going to wait a week until it comes,I only posted cause I thought it was a cool prospect,let you know soon what it actually is.
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 United States
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 As near as I remember there were no 1942-S non-silver nickels minted and the Silver ones had a huge 'S' above the dome of Monticello. Now, as far as I can tell, this nickel may be a Denver non-silver nickel - the MM looks damaged - in 1942 Denver did not mint any silver nickels. These images are so blurry they are of no real help. So, when you get this coin in hand, lets see better images to analyze. |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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What is a frith nickel?
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Valued Member
Canada
139 Posts |
Hi,just google "Frith Nickel" Sir there's a lot of info on it,it's a 1942 Nickel with the 1941 reverse that's claimed as a transitional error,I scan all the 42 nickels on the website every so often looking for one,this is the first time I ever saw a prospect in all the years hunting but the pics are not real good,it's in the mail I'll know soon but not expecting much out of it,lots of controversy around the firth though since it was found in 1961,to much to write here,it's all on the web though.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thank you for that.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Valued Member
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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I actually just read the letters in that article and Mr.Walter Breen said it was real and he was like the top guy in coin collecting until his death,but that's the Frith not mine LOL,I don't even have it yet and only have those 2 bad pictures,but my post here might be interesting to the members so it's all fun,a week I'll know.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good luck. Let us know when it's in hand — a long shot for sure.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree with mrwhatisit.
Errers and Varietys.
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United States
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can't wait to see it..  |
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Posted 11/07/2023 08:28 am
