coins from the 1930's

silverpop

here are some of my coins from the 1930's (all were change finds)



1932d wheat penny









1938 wheat penny









1939 nickel









1938 nickel









1934 wheat penny

Bayard1908

I searched through hundreds of nickel rolls back in the 1970s and never once found a 1938. A 1932-D wheat cent is also an unusual find.

silverpop

trust me it took over a year of searching to find the 1938 and my sister in law gave me the



1932d

johnny9434

i dont ever seeing a 32 d in a roll or even in change. you did good

SanctionII

Just looked at this thread and it intrigues me.

The decade of the 1930's is one that saw huge changes in US Coinage.

A complete set of all US circulating coinage minted from 1930-1939 and all proof coinage minted from 1936-1939 would be a great project to work on and would be a very attractive and eye appealing collection.

The coinage would run from the cent through the double eagle. It would include copper, nickel, silver and gold coins. It would include truly classic coinage designs (Buffalo Nickel, Mercury Dime, SLQ, WLH, Peace Dollar, incuse $2.5 and $5 Indian gold, $10 Indian gold and $20.00 St. Gaudens gold). It would see the beginning of a trend toward dead presidents replacing Lady Liberty (Washington quarter and Jefferson nickel). It would contain coins that some view as Classic US coinage made prior to 1934 and coins that some view as Modern made after 1933. It would contain coins which are rare and valuable (early 1930's US gold) and coins that are exceedingly common and pedestrian (i.e. a 1939 circulated Jefferson nickel which one still has a chance of finding in pocket change). It would contain coins which represent the beginning of the era of Modern proofs.

Does anyone want to take a stab at posting photos of examples of every US circulating and proof coinage produced in the 1930's?

LindeDad

Be easier to find mint state in slabs than from circulation, I think.

silverpop

maybe one day someone will do such a interesting collection

ricko

I have a considerable accumulation of '30's cents... been meaning to put them in an album....maybe this winter....Cheers, RickO

Shamika

Back in the 70's I found quite a few 1939 Jefferson Nickels in change but never a 1938.

Bob1951

I recently found a 1938 nickel in change and 2 - 1939 nickels and about 7 1941 nickels. I get a lot of change to go through from the casino voucher cashing machines. Found a decent 1915-D Lincoln cent a few months ago also. There is just some kind of majesty to circulated 1938-1949 Jefferson nickels.



Early 1930's coins are tough. I always liked the 1931-1933 dated coinage.