More Silver from campground...

kevinstang

Went back to the campground where I found the 46 quarter and nice 20 merc among others early this evening and got silvered again- including one first- a war nickel. Other good finds were the 50 Rosie and a really crustie wheat cent- looks like 1920 something. Also found the other coins. I found the dime, the wheatie and the war nickel in the last half hour before it got dark (had just moved to that area), so I will be going back to work that spot some more for sure. Does the silver war nickel count towards silver coins in my monthly quantity total? Side note: The leaves are already falling here in northern NY- alot more especially in the last week...

goldrush00013

Nice work again!

I just recently found my first war nickel as well. Congrats!



<< <i>Does the silver war nickel count towards silver coins in my monthly quantity total? >>



Absolutely!

demodigger

i dug something like 12 war nickels 2 months ago. i definatly counted them for that month.

SilverDreams

Great finds!

marym

I hate to ask a dumb question, but very often you guys talk about war nickels. What exactly is a war nickel? Mary

kevinstang

They were made from mid 1942 to 1945, instead of the normal copper/nickel alloy, a copper/silver alloy was used (nickel was needed for the war effort). In order to be able to better identify them ater the war, so the government could recall them, a larger mintmark was placed over the dome instead of beside it as on other Jefferson nickels.

marym

Thank you for explaining the differanceme, I've been wondering about this for quite some time. Mary