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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just found this... I don't know. It's a "1943-P" War Nickel. Maybe. It's got a mirror-finish and very sharp details like a proof, but with this much wear, there's no way it should. And it's not that weird dark yellow-gray color that worn War Nickels usually have. Maybe it's a proof that's not fully struck? It's the exact weight of a similarly worn "control" war nick. Has it been chromed?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
no, its just very, very heavily polished, just junk silver for this one
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
It is a unusal looking nickel.
Funny that Monticello is very worn, not much detail
yet the lettering is bold.
From the swirl looking marks on the obverse, I am leaning
towards someone putting this nickel to a buffer wheel with
metal polish
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Pillar of the Community
United States
817 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1418 Posts |
Somebody REALLY polished that poor nickel!
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Rest in Peace
 United States
1380 Posts |
I have a complete set of War Nickels that I mistakenly bought sight unseen that turned out to have been chrome plated to make them look better, though they are all well worn like yours. I suspect this is what you have rather than a polished coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4132 Posts |
Well, it only cost me five cents, so I'm perfectly happy with junk silver status on this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
I found a very polished 1945-S roll hunting so I think ours had the same fate.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
As the others have said, this coin is very heavily cleaned, then received additional wear after it was cleaned.
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Promoters putting together sets for the generally pubic either plate them or poluish them to make them look consistent/"new".
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Posted 09/03/2011 8:31 pm
