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New Member
United States
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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum.  ***Hi, Hoping this is an interesting coin-roll find despite apparent damage. P mint mark is located on reverse directly above the Monticello Dome. Coin weighs 5.1g  
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6451 Posts |
Nice find from coin roll hunting. =)
What makes you think it's on a 1942 cupronickel planchet?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1484 Posts |
The (undamaged) reverse sure looks like a standard, 35% silver planchet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
656 Posts |
If it was a cupronickel planchet, the "P" mintmark would be to the right of Monticello.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The P for Philadelphia did not appear on nickels until 1980. A standard Philly 1942 cupronickel coin would have no mint mark. The only exception to that rule for nickels was 1942-1945 War Nickels, where the big P over Monticello was used for the purpose of recycling the silver in the future (a plan later abandoned by the Mint as impractical). I believe the OP is suggesting that this 1944-P coin was struck on a transitional cupronickel planchet, and is therefore a rare and valuable mint error coin. Perhaps I misunderstood. |
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New Member
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According to "Strike it rich 5th edition"  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1655 Posts |
There have been War Nickels mistakenly struck on regular copper nickel planchets, but there is absolutely no indication that yours is one of them. The color is right for the regular wartime composition. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10472 Posts |
All you have is a 35% silver wartime nickel - silver content is wort about $1.85
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6451 Posts |
Agreed. That dark toning and streaky appearance are classic for 35% silver War Nickels. LadyT351, if you feel that you have a 1-in-a-million transitional planchet error, you can take your nickel to a coin shop or jeweler that has an XRF machine. They can do a metal test that will not damage the coin. I think a metal analysis is 99.9999% likely to read out as a common War Nickel composed of 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese. |
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United States
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Along with the other experts, I see a well worn silver War Nickel. Nice CRH find but value is silver content. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree as well. Still a nice CRH find.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin weighs 5.1g Both silver War Nickels and CuNi Jefferson nickels have a nominal weight of 5 g. All the weight tells us is that it may be slightly overweight. You should get a scale that measures to 0.01 g. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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United States
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I agree with above for the moment, until proof positive of the claims made are posted. Could those marks be from an old lamination - then smooth out. If they are hits, I do not see any displaced metal. The silver nickels have a tendency to have laminations  |
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