Speaking of war nickels....
Alltheabove76
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What was the reason or rationale behind adding the large mint marks on the backs of these?
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Alltheabove76
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To easily differentiate them from the regular ones. Not sure if they intended to try to gather them up after the war, but that job was left to collectors over the next few decades.
Large mintmark was added to differentiate between alloy used to reduce nickel content and original copper/nickel alloy. Proofs were also struck in both alloys in 1942.
Shown is a wrong alloy error piece.
@fiftysevener... Is your piece a silver alloy without the MM?? Or is the error something else? Cheers, RickO
it looks like regular nickel / copper with the wrong reverse die (but I could be wrong)
I'm sorry If I mislead anyone. I do not own this piece and I don't know what it sold for. There were no 42-S nickels struck with small mintmark and my notes say it is war nickel alloy.