Who Likes War Nickels?

OneCent

I know that they're common, but quite a few of the uncirculated examples have great eye appeal and color. I would surmise that the silver included in the metallic compostion of the coin contributed to the coloration/toning.

I have seen quite a few examples that have similar coloration to this one:



Would others agree that this coloration is fairly prevalent for unc war nickels?

mrearlygold

I like All Jefferson's

pontiacinf

<< <i>I like All Jefferson's >>



this man has excellent taste indeed

LindeDad

I am rather partial to one of the years.

jfoot13

I like all jeffersons but I warnickels ...

FatMan

<< <i>Would others agree that this coloration is fairly prevalent for unc war nickels? >>

Yes. I have two with similar coloring. Unfortunately I have no pics of my war nickels.

Dawg144

I have one with a light rosy pink, and another with deep red. Maybe I'll try to photograph them.

JoesMaName

<< <i>I like all jeffersons but I warnickels ... >>


Ditto!

TwoSides2aCoin

I like the 1943/2
It's always been one of my favorites.

savoyspecial

greg

mrearlygold

Too bad that some people consider lincoln in the same realm or even greater than Jefferson.

BECOKA

I like them very much, the placement of the mint mark adds a certain classy unique look that is matched by none.

Many of these can have some spectacular toning while showing an incredible amount of luster.

You just can't go wrong with these.

Dawg144

<< <i>I like them very much, the placement of the mint mark adds a certain classy unique look that is matched by none. /q]

I agree. The only cooler mintmark placement is the "O" on reeded edge halves.

Overdate

I like them a lot, I was born in a war nickel year.

I wonder how many of the original mintage are left. War nickels began being melted about a year before the 90% silver coins, and they are far less popular as bullion coins because they take up much more space for a similar amount of silver.

Circulated war nickels are traded at a much bigger discount to their silver value than 90% silver coins, so I would guess that over the years a higher proportion of them have been sent to the smelter. I wouldn't be surprised if only 10 to 20 percent of the original mintage remains.

AUandAG

Maybe it's my monitor, but that baby looks British. A definite Limey to me!

bob

woodardcoin

just something about that large MM

ChuckC

<< <i>just something about that large MM >>



love it

coinsarefun

I love war year nickels, love the toning, love what they stand for,
love Jefferson

Myqqy

I've picked up a couple of war jeffs as I work towards having a whole set that is vibrantly toned- I just won an auction for this one, and look forward to checking out the cool color in hand...

ElKevvo

I really like how they tone...I have a nice MS set in a Capital holder and over the years some of have become quite beautiful with pinks, lavenders, etc., really nice coins.

K

CarlWohlforth

War Nickels - the silver standard of the Jefferson Nickels!

I like them!

Goldbully

Got this beauty from Russ....I absolutely love it!!!!!!!!!!!!






Pics courtesy of RussView™

FullStepJeffs

I've seen alot of light yellow war nickels that look that color. I don't think it's a thumb job, since the entire coin looks like that, but it looks great. Let me guess... bought years ago off TT in MS67 in a holder from across the street.


Steve

SkyMan

While I'm not a big Jeffie fan, War nickels are cool...

57loaded

are they legal to melt or just pass around and enjoy?

i know pennies and nickels are illegal to melt yet is there an "exception" to the war ones as they have NO nickel in them?

Rarity

I do.

jfoot13

<< <i>I do. >>



careful the last time I said that I ended up married

Elglide

Jeffersons are great but war nickels are even better.

Merc

I like them. I bought an unc set way back in 1998 when the PCGS web page had auctions. The coins were in a cardboard holder and were beginning to tone. One had a nice P over a rotated repunched P mintmark. When the mint mark is that huge, it is cool to see a repunched mint mark. I'll have to take a picture.

Here is the proof war nickel with a cameo reverse.

DennisH

One of the items on my coin list of "Things I wouldn't want to have to put together again" is a complete War set in PCGS MS67. Doing it once was hard enough before interest in Jeffs picked up the last few years.

sinin1

me

jfoot13

<< <i>me

>>


can we have a peek at the other side

YaHa

Wasn't in the war, so I don't like em

sinin1

okay

leothelyon

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greg >>




That's a very strong strike for a 44-S! Nice example! It looks better than my coin.


Leo

itsnotjustme

I used to work with a guy who collected them for die cracks. He found a lot on these, particularly on the reverse, going up from the dome, as well as from the outer base of the Mount Vernon to the rim. He was always trying to find progression of the same crack.

I see two clear cracks on the coins above, the more unique on goldbully's because it is on Mount Vernon, not running through the fields around it (unless that is a trick of the image...).

bolivarshagnasty

Did you say Capitol holdered? I'm working on a set in a nearly new Capitol holder and I just love the bright white against the black background. Several of these were cracked out of PCGS holders. The 44-D is ms67fs material I bought at the FUN show for 55 dollars. It really pops. Three of these are 6 step, all are a minimum of 5 strong steps. Want to finish with no less than a 65 FS coin in each of the slots. Who doesn't like War Jeffs? p.s. Though the lighting doesn't show it, the set is entirely white.

WinPitcher

I like em too. I have a few circulated sets.


That one really toned one looks sweet and the die crack (dome) example is nice as well.

Thanks for sharing guys.


Steve

TwoSides2aCoin

Who coined the phrase :
War doesn't determine who is right, rather who is left.

shuckins

post #666

cladking

Shuckins: Very attractive set.

I like Jeffersons and the war nickels are no different but it's hard to believe
these have a lot of potential pricewise except for the varieties and high grade.

Sometimes I wonder if the XF/ AU coins could increase substantially since they
aren't much more common than the uncs (perhaps even less common). The
Jefferson set is a big challenge in XF/ AU since the war nickels and post-'64
issues are tough in this grade.* It could get people trying to put together such
sets. There are enough of these mixed in with the circ war nickels that it would
require some furure widespread destruction for the price to go up to approach
unc prices.



*of course the '42-D and '50-D are tough in XF/ AU as well.

pontiacinf

hey Shuck that set is awesome

57loaded

<< <i>
Who coined the phrase :
War doesn't determine who is right, rather who is left. >>



so that's what a 3 over 2 looks like?

BTW thanks for all the sweet coin posts

OneCent

Picked this one up at the local B&M along with a capital plastics holder for war nickels.

Edscoin

OneCent

Gotta love War Nickels. No PCGS MS70's here and it is a beautiful thing

TTT

ObsoleteMan

I was astonished to receive a 1943-S in change two weeks ago!!

It looks VF and has huge rims. Could it have been in circulation all those years??

ObsoleteMan

tmcsr69

Walmann

"I was astonished to receive a 1943-S in change two weeks ago!!"

Got a 1942 , not a silver, in bank roll last week. Noticing more wheaties and state quarters as well. May be more people are having to hit the change jars to help pay some small expenses.

clarkbar04

I really like um, just don't own any.

Griv