3 Reasons I like this 1942S Jefferson Nickel

BlindedByEgo

1) It's attractively toned. Seems that most wartime nickels that I have seen have been either white, or ugly toned. This one has a very attractive toning that is not too thick or opaque.

2) The retained cud, although relatively small, at 6:00 on the obverse. Some action immediately below the date as well. I can picture this die failing spectacularly not too long after this coin was struck.

3) The Reverse die crack above the Dome of the Jefferson Monument. Kind of makes the S look like a dollar sign. I thought that this same die crack was the subject of a previous thread in this forum, but I was unable to find it in a search.

I hope that the Jefferson specialists will jump in with their opinions.


Keith

TheRegulator

Nice reverse die crack. Sure looks to me like the obverse goings-on are planchet laminations- these seem pretty common on war nickels

MadMarty

I have a 44-S with the same type of die crack!

BlindedByEgo

It may in fact be a lamination, which was common with the war nickels, but when I look under the metal "cud" at 6:00, it is not missing from the surface of the coin. Same with the smaller one under the date. Correct me if I'm wrong (I often am), but would a planchet lamination error have a separation of metal, rather than excess?

Keith

TonedCoinTrader

I believe it is a cud not a lamination you are correct about excess rather than separation.

Scott

CamTron

Thats a great looking coin.

You need to come up with a cool name for the coin (i.e. "Speared Buffalo") and have it graded.
Then you could sell it and buy... a country?

But really, thats a great looking coin. Im going to start looking for a rare "Bling Monticello S" nickel.