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What is this war nickel error worth ?
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I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
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Lams are very common on war nickels. Can't say any added value at MS66 and in fact may distract and lower the price (at least to me).
bob
As noted above, not uncommon...as to value - what did you pay for it? That will be your base... If you got a deal, it could sell for more, if you overpaid, you will lose a bit. Cheers, RickO
I’m not a Mint error guy, so I can’t opine on that. But war nickels generally need full steps to build any value.
Ask @coin22lover what a lamination does to the value of nickels. Think 18/17-D.
I’m sure I overpaid 🤣
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I hate laminations and wouldn't offer anything for it. A common coin with a common planchet problem.
From the picture cannot see it . This is a good example why not everything needs to be certified the costs alone in grading fees alone is more than value of item and be passed on to the buyer .
But it beaning certified did it's job in getting a better price. Nice coin I like the silver five cent coin and if you like it for the price you paid then that's all that counts.
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Do laminations ever carry any premium?
Latin American Collection
I have never been offered a premium for one.
My own experience is that they have to be heavily discounted and even then are slow sellers. Perhaps the "error" craze has changed that but I still dislike them and would pass on any that were offered to me.
As others have said laminations are fairly common on war nickels. Apparently the alloys for these coins were difficult to mix well.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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Size matters on larger diameter silver and gold coins they do.
If the coin would be very valuable without the lamination, then the lamination hurts the value greatly. If it's an el-cheapo, then maybe someone will pay a premium for a lamination.