change find

silverpop · February 20, 2019 7:44AM

found this 1942d US nickel in change yesterday, the coin has seen some use but overall in good shape

Mdcoincollector2003 · February 20, 2019 8:00AM

Nice find I alway pull out the pre 1960s

291fifth · February 20, 2019 8:05AM

A 77 year old coin in change ... yet no numismatic value. How things have changed in the past 50-60 years. Can you imagine getting a 77 year old coin in change (except silver dollars) back in the early 1960s?

WALLE · February 20, 2019 8:09AM

@291fifth said:
A 77 year old coin in change ... yet no numismatic value. How things have changed in the past 50-60 years. Can you imagine getting a 77 year old coin in change (except silver dollars) back in the early 1960s?

You are so right.

silverpop · February 20, 2019 8:11AM

value isn't a issue with me if a coin gets my notice it's collected plain and simple

johnny9434 · February 20, 2019 11:54AM

good eye

Aspie_Rocco · February 20, 2019 12:13PM

That is awesome! I never found a 42 D in the wild before. Even worn like that it should command a small premium, $5-$10

Coingratulations

vplite · February 20, 2019 12:22PM

@Aspie_Rocco said:
That is awesome! I never found a 42 D in the wild before. Even worn like that it should command a small premium, $5-$10

Coingratulations

Melt vale is $.90. Value is under melt, I'm pretty sure.

Still a cool find.

Aspie_Rocco · February 20, 2019 12:25PM

It is not silver. The 42 D is from before the composition change. Small mint mark to right of base of Monticello
42 D is one of the key dates for Jefferson Nickels along with 39D 39S. 50D is low mintage also and has a circulated premium.

The silver nickels have a larger mintmark directly above the peak of Monticello

silverpop · February 20, 2019 12:50PM

i have never cared really about the value of a coin i find if the coin interest me it's in my collection that is how i have always collected and see no issue with such a idea

SaorAlba · February 20, 2019 3:26PM

It took ,me a couple of years of constant roll searching to pluck an example for my Whitman, crazily enough I have found probably 15-16 '39-Ds and only one '50-D from roll searching, but as of now only a couple of '42-Ds.