1943 P war nickel that adheres to a magnet
Cudder
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I bought a bag of war nickels on line and was going through them with a magnet like I always do and low and behold it picked up this 1943 P and I have no idea what it could be worth or if any others exist. Any genuine help would be much appreciated.
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Plated?
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Looks like any other war nickel I have
Post pictures when you are allowed to do so, in a few days.
Without seeing it I can only guess that it is chrome plated, which would make it weakly magnetic.
I must ask, why would you check war nickels with a magnet?
It is not chrome that's for sure and it tarnishes like all the other ones .
And as far as me checking with a magnet, I do this to all my coins especially when there
Is a transition or expirimental coins and I know they were expirimenting with different
Metals during this transition. This is supposed to be only copper silver and magnesium and
I'm thinking too much magnesium but IDK
I can't find any others like it on line
And how do I up load pics ? Lol
Here is a reason!
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1009885/steel-nickel#latest
Seen some on steel planchet and it's not steel
And it shouldn't be nickel over steel because
Nickel was supposed to be gone and it's not a dime planchet
Because that would have been 90% silver.
Might have to take it down to someone with a metal tester.
Weird but thank you gentlemen for the leads , I will follow everyone of them
Once you are able to post pics we might can help
Was there adhesive of any kind on the magnet?
Smitten with DBLCs.
No adhesive no tape and how do I upload photos ?
You can’t yet
You can link photos uploaded to another web server right now
photos
Ok go to eBay and look up MIKIM21
https://www.ebay.com/itm/133935442950
I can see the magnet test in the photos
Outside of that it appears to be a normal war nickel.
What does it weigh?
This Coin Will Not Ship. You Must Show Up In Person At The Bank. Details After Purchase.
1943 P War Nickel Transitional Error.
This coin in a hard case is $10,000
Must purchase in person
Transaction will take place at my ChaseBank inside with all workers and guards present...
What are ya gonna do when someone hits the buy it now for $999 ?
You should ask some questions about your 2044 penny and a few of your other errors.
A couple of questions from the auction and the seller feedback:
Is this the same coin you sold "within the past six months" for $1?
Is the price $999 or $10,000?
If $10,000, what exactly does one get for clicking "Buy It Now" and paying $999?
How can this possibly be within eBay's ToS?
Wouldn't a better title/description be something like "I found something that looks like a nickel but doesn't act like one. I have no idea what it is. If you give me $10,000 in person in Phoenix I'll let you have it."?
I guess it was more than a couple.
Smh...
Wow! I have never seen nor thought of a war nickel struck on a steel cent planchet. The piece that Heritage sold years ago is remarkable. The cent planchet is smaller than a nickel and harder. Yet the amount of detail on that piece is incredible. It even has full steps!
The relevant metal in war nickels is manganese, not magnesium.
Manganese is "paramagnetic" which means something scientifically, but it is not magnetic as us normal people think of it. However, the addition of copper and other elements can make it magnetic.
War nickels are notorious for uneven alloy mixes judging by their appearance, so presumably that is the reason for your particular coin's properties.
Look forward to the pictures and weight.... Cheers, RickO
Pics, please.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
They are in the (spam) eBay link.
OPs photos posted on ebay. I personally would like to see a close up of TRUST, especially the S. I don’t see the typical forked tip on the top of the S, may just be photos.
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/publishedset.aspx?s=142753
https://www.autismforums.com/media/albums/acrylic-colors-by-rocco.291/
Yes, check out the ebay link and be sure to check out his other auctions.
You'll find some rare parking lot coins, as well as a rock being advertised as a fossilized skull.
maybe you have discovered the missing Henning dies. what is the weight on your nickel?
Well, it could be a fossilized skull, couldn't it?
I would submit it to one of the major grading services as an off-metal mint error. Be sure to mention that it's magnetic. They will probably test it to determine the actual metal content. It may have been struck on a planchet intended for a foreign coin.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I see from your feedbacks that you have sold one of these before?
You can tell from the color of the piece that this is a normal copper-silver-manganese (not magnesium) alloy.
There is one other possibility for a normally non-magnetic coin sticking to a magnet. There used to be a company that sold a cheap "magic" trick that let the used appear to transform a cent into a dime. First they hollowed out the back of one cent, leaving the edge intact, and glued a this steel sheet inside the hole. Then they took another cent and removed the front and the edge, leaving the back rather thin. Then they took a dime and removed the back, leaving the front rather thin. Then they took a thin magnet and glued the two thin coin faces to it. The sandwich was placed within the hollowed out cent with the cent side showing. The magician would show the apparently normal coin, cover the coin with his hand and flip the back around and then reveal the "dime."
Never heard of anybody doing this with a cent inside a nickel or a nickel inside a quarter, but it is possible. Does the coin ring solid when you drop it on a tabletop, or does it go "klunk?"
I can only assume the coin will be totally raw given the BIN is just $999, so now I’m really curious to see that $9001 holder!
I knew a Cooper that reacted to magnets. He had a pacemaker.
I have this mental image of a big group of ChaseBank workers and guards all gathered round in a big circle craning their necks to see what all the excitement is about...
Smitten with DBLCs.
He made barrels?
Thanks.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Definitely should submit it to our host. Use the most fastest service!!
So all of the workers and guards are going to just gather around in a big circle?> @CaptHenway said:
Yep. For ageing wine. A fine profession.
Smitten with DBLCs.
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i once met a seller at a burger king. only a handful of average or below collectable coins with a few silver sprinkled in. only time i recall meeting a member of the non-numismatic public. never before or since. probably missed a few good things but for sure i absolutely missed a lot of bad ones. i leave it to the people with the predisposition to deal with the public. being in coins shops hundreds of times reaffirms why i don't. sorry public, you are just TOO much for me.
i give all the posters in this thread a big well done for letting it go this far. if i were a mod here, soon as i saw their listings, they'd be done.
hope your nickel pans out OP. here is a neat video (since you're into magnets) i thankfully stumbled upon the evening of last: Quantum Locking
It weighs up at 4.79g
And I never sold one before I took an offer but the guy never paid so I relisted it
The reason it's at 999 is because eBay won't allow me to go over that
The coin is 100% legit I just don't know what the heck it is so my next step probably is to either have some type of alloy tester tested to see what it is or send it in to get graded I just don't know where
Ok so what I will do is send it in to get graded
That way it has paperwork. Someone also mentioned
Something about a discovery IDK still learning a lot
Everyday but I'm really enjoying and wish I would have
Started sooner. Crypto, Capt. Baron, Johnathan and
Anyone that had positive feedback... Thank you
I'll keep ya posted and anyone in Phoenix that wants to
Meet up let me know
You'll never sell it for anywhere near what you want for it without first getting it slabbed by a major grading service as a mint error. To maximize your return, it would be best to put it in a major auction once it's been slabbed as a mint error.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Someone may have drilled into the edge and broke the drill bit off, leaving a piece inside the coin....
Unlikely. It was buffalo nickels where a hole was drilled into the edge and an embossing tool was inserted to push up a mintmark to create an altered coin.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
It needs to be authenticated. Period.
It's definitely worth the monetary outlay - for sure!
Especially if it does end up as genuine.
Pete
Did you read the listing? The $999 is fake. They want $10k paid in cash at a bank in Phoenix.
Also, their feedback shows they "sold" it previously for $1.
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If you don't know what it is, how can you be sure it's legit?
🤔
Can you tell by looking at a cow if it's steak is going to be prime ?
No you can't, but you know it's a cow.
Also it did come from a coin company...
Originally I just wanted to know if anyone ever seen anything like this
Before but now I find that the, unnecessary gut busting comments
Are actually helping me get through my day.... Thank you
Irrelevant.
Because no coin company has ever sold anything that wasn't 100% legit?