Silver War Nickel Set
SilverEagle1974
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Cool little subset of the Jefferson Nickel.
Added in the proof to the usual mint state set to get a cool dozen coin set.
It's NOT certified, but I like the holder, too.
Any comments are welcome.
Thanks,
Chris
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Be sure to check it for doubled dies, especially the 1943 3 over 2. Further info can be found here- www.varietyvista.com
nice for sure.
Always liked silver war nickels!
Nice looking coins! Any full steps?
Good looking set, nice touch adding the proof.
I’m a fan.
Nice, I like the holder. Presents well.
Ah, the Wartime Jefferson's, one of my fav's for sure! Many varieties to hunt through, that 's for certain. Beautiful set, dude.
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I love the red holder AND the Jeffs. Classy looking...cool little set!
Dave
I like the look of that wtg
Nice
Everyone needs a bu war nickel set and yours looks nice. I like the proof addition too.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
A quite nice set you have there.
Nice set. My mom has a whole set in a capitol plastic holder. It is neat, although she overpaid for it back when she got it.
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That is a really nice looking set.... I have a set, really crusty, but put together from circulation... No proof, I did not think of that....will have to rectify the situation.
Cheers, RickO
Does anyone know why the 42-D is NOT a silver coin ?
Only the 42-P & 42-S are silver.
Legislation ?
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Chris
That’s a nice set. Did you make or commission the holder, or find one that had the proof spot already there?
Purchased it, this way.
Hey Chris,
Nice set for sure! Looks like the 42-D was minted before they changed the recipe:
https://numismaticnews.net/article/the-1942-d-jefferson-nickel-underrated
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@mothra454, thanks for link.
"After all, it was a 1942-D produced just prior to the release of the special war-time composition Jefferson nickels that were released in October of that year."
It appears, the silver nickels did NOT come out until October 1942 ?
So, now it begs the question, why the 42-P is both silver & non-silver, but the 42-D is only non-silver ??
Assumption: I'm thinking 42-P was cranking out non-silver & 42-D was helping (non-silver).
Legislation, of some sort, kicks in.
42-P starts cranking out only silver, 42-D stops all production (due to the low 13 million mintage) & 42-S starts up production, producing only 42-S silver nickels.
I think I'll have to check out the mintages of the Mints for that year.
Was it common practice for Philly to start production, followed by Denver, & finally, San Francisco, each year ?
Any input would be great.
Chris
Sure thing! The ironic thing to me is that the "silver" nickels are actually >50% copper. Which apparently was so scarce they had to make the 1943 cents out of steel
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Yeah, I'm surprised the nickels are NOT 90 % silver.
And why was manganese added into the mix ??
Chris
Just off the top of my head, I'm guessing that a higher silver percentage would have pushed the melt value over face. Not good when you want a coin to circulate! As for manganese, I'm going to guess that it stabilized the alloy somehow? Chemistry y'know.
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Cool. Thanks for the info.