Big P stamped 2002p nickle please identify
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gabe9991
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gabe9991
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Somebody with a set of letter punches wanted to play with them so they took a coin out of their pocket and did so. Then they spent the coin.
post mint damage. Nothing special
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That's a 2002 Jefferson nickel stamped with P's on both sides... Now you can hit "accept answer".
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Trade dollars had these stamps... it's probably a trade dollar....sigh
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Send to PCGS and get it graded....might be a really rare "chop" mark of sorts. Certainly worth the effort in my opinion.
good luck,
bob
PMD.
Thanks for every ones input I saw a post that in 1942 or 43 had a P stamped on it because of it composition should i weigh it and buy a scale.
do you have a "Redbook" yet? Start with that, maybe additional books for people just starting to collect. Reading such books will increase the reward associated with collecting.
This is post mint damage. Not a mintmark.
I agree, that is a big P
No, they were not stamped, the p was struck in relief as part of the design.
Your coin is counterstamped outside of the mint.
Alright thanks everyone
Someone wanted to remove any confusion as to where that thing was minted!
My War Nickels https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/nickels/jefferson-nickels-specialty-sets/jefferson-nickels-fs-basic-war-set-circulation-strikes-1942-1945/publishedset/94452
The special placement of prominent, large "P", "D" and "S" mint marks on the partly silver five cent coins during the Second World War is another thing altogether, and those were only minted from 1942 to 1945. Those mint marks were raised on the backside of those coins, over the dome of Monticello, and not directly punched into the surface of the coins.
You do seem to be able to put together some concepts, and the suggestion to obtain a copy of the Red Book (Whitman Publishing's 'A Guide Book of United States Coins') is probably right for you. You can learn a lot from that book.
It is a pay toilet token.
That punched P was applied post mint as stated above...War nickels did have mint marks on the reverse, however, they were part of the design and not 'punched'. Cheers, RickO
I'm a little miffed at some of the short-tempered responses here. After his 15th post about a bowtie fantastic, then you can cop an attitude. When a newbie shows up and asks an innocent question and doesn't argue with the answer, perhaps you could recognize that you were ignorant about coins once also and someone answered all of your naive questions.
It is far more common these days for people to post questions to the internet to find answers than to leaf through books. My students do it all the time. Cut the newbies some slack, please.
My apologies, @gabe9991 for my rude colleagues.
FYI its **NICKEL****
Maybe a guy named Phil owned this coin at one time and he wanted his initial to go into history via this nickel.
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For what it is worth, while the nickel has no real value above 5 cents, it is a very unusual find. I have searched 10s of thousands of coins and have only found a couple counterstamped coins.
Looks like a P on the obverse and a d on the reverse................just saying
Steve
still worth a nickel. nothing wrong with that
Whoever gave me the disagrees....I was kidding...
Actually more importantly I am sad for you two... how could a nickel be a trade dollar... how could you not know I was kidding. Don't remove the disagrees, leave them as a reminder of your abilities to perceive sarcasm
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agree
OH! That coin is the misplaced war nickel stamp! WOW. I heard of that one.
They stamped the P on the wrong side, then turned it over and it was supposed to go over the dome but they missed.
It's not in the Redbook. Buy one and see for yourself!
Pete