1950 'D' Nickel NewP

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cmerlo1
cmerlo1 Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Huge D variety :D


You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.

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  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Probably a coin collector fooling around many decades ago. :)

    All glory is fleeting.
  • BuffaloIronTail
    BuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That still could probably just squeeze in to where the mintmark should be. It would be close.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I see that guy at the gas station again who's got a 1886 ihc with a Denver mint mark on it. Still haven't seen it 😚

  • dcarr
    dcarr Posts: 10,257 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 6, 2026 3:45PM
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    It is supposed to be centered above the dome ;)
    ( "Korean War" nickel ).

    Moonlight Mint
  • cmerlo1
    cmerlo1 Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Based on the crud in the D, this was likely done decades ago, my guess in the late 50's or 60's. The 1960's was also when the 1950-D nickel was popular and valuable (I read an account where they were valued at $1000/roll at one point).

    The possibilities for why it was made are endless, but I did think of a few:

    1. "The book said it had to have a D on the back to be vaulable, so I put one there."
    2. It was done to deceive naive new collectors who didn't know better.
    3. (Guy in a garage or machine shop, showing it to his co-workers after making it) "Hey I found one of those 1950 D nickels!" (they all laugh)
    4. (Probably/Occam's Razor) Someone was playing with a letter punch and had no idea what a 1950-D nickel was.
    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.

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