Steel nickel
BaronVonBaugh
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I started looking for 1943 wrong metal nickels and found this one from several years ago at Heritage.
1943-S NGC MS66
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/1943-s-5c-jefferson-nickel-struck-on-a-steel-cent-planchet-ms66-six-full-steps-ngc/a/1143-3059.s
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Never knew they existed. Cool!
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Very interesting. I guess someone sneaked that one out of the mint straight away. Peace Roy
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I wonder how many of these are around.
Hmm... ATS site is down?
6 FULL STEPS.
shudda used steel for all of em.
LOL. Now that is one "Kool with a K" coin.
Could you just imagine what a ruckus would ensue if a 1944 dated Nickel like that would ever show up?
Pete
Learn something new everyday, Cool, thanx for sharing
Steve
That's pretty cool!
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If it was struck on a zinc-coated steel planchet then I can understand the attribution. However, if there is no zinc coating, then it would have to be made on a foreign coin planchet. The photos do not look like zinc-coated steel to me.
way cool. I never heard of it either. you learn something here all the time
I recall a poster here cherrypicking a similar coin in a bulk lot, his was a 1944-P and heavily circulated / corroded. A quick search found this article about that coin and another once owned by Bill Fivaz.
Sean Reynolds
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I've seen a couple of the Jefferson Nickels struck on a steel cent planchet. This one is pretty darn cool!
All the years I've been hunting, I'm still waiting to find a War Nickel struck on a Regular Nickel planchet! Do any of these exist? I have to do some research.
How much did it realize?
BHNC #203
$14,950.
bob
There was a 5 month gap between the last CuNi 5-cent coins and first use of CuAgMn alloy. Presumably the tote bins and been reused many times by then and any "stuck" CuNi planchets had been dislodged.
Here’s a few more lower grades though.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/1943-p-5c-jefferson-nickel-struck-on-a-cent-planchet-au50-ngc/a/1278-4923.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/1943-p-5c-nickel-struck-on-a-zinc-coated-steel-planchet-au50-ngc/a/1259-5217.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/1943-s-5c-jefferson-nickel-struck-on-a-steel-cent-planchet-au55-pcgs/a/1240-4531.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
wow, thanks
BHNC #203
Pretty neat, never knew they existed, thanks for sharing !!!
Interesting... there are - according to the linked article - several 'off metal' Jefferson nickels from that period... I was not aware of these. Better look at my war time nickel hoard...
... Some hoard....probably about fifteen...Cheers, RickO
Another one turned up at Heritage. I did bid on it but couldn’t go that high for a damaged one.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/1943-s-5c-jefferson-nickel-struck-on-a-1c-planchet-environmental-damage-ngc-details-unc-28-grams-/a/60267-91218.s?ic2=mybidspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyBids-101116
I have some steel nickels. Canada struck them in 1944-45 (WWII); 1951-54 (Korean Police Action).