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GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,871 ✭✭✭✭
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Went to get me a green tea this morning before I headed to class and got silvered in my change. Was a 43-S war nick. Always nice to get some silver. Why do these turn so dark? Is it due to the nickel content?
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't think a war nickel has that much nickel content, actually. The color is probably due to to the other stuff (besides the silver) in the alloy... tin/zinc/manganese?

    Been a while since I plucked a warnick from circulation. It still happens, though. Nice to know there's still a tiny bit o' silver circulating out there, eh?

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    thesearcherthesearcher Posts: 134
    Congrats image

    I love the look of a circulated war nickel. I have 3 different ones so far.
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    GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,871 ✭✭✭✭
    LordMarcovan, good to see you again! You been pulling a Yeti on us? I still carry that 3 holed seated half you gave me on my key ring and still have the ancients that you gave me in my desk drawer. My wife loves those things.
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    coindudeonebaycoindudeonebay Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭
    Buddy of mine showed me a SLQ he got in change today. Dateless and slick, but still very cool.
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,371 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You been pulling a Yeti on us? >>

    Yeah, but I still appear occasionally. What little time I do spend here is usually over on the Darkside, these days. Are you still detecting? I haven't been out since ... uh... March or April, I guess. As soon as it cools off I might have to go back to "dig mode".

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    War nics were 56% copper, 35 % silver and 9% manganese.
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    GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,871 ✭✭✭✭
    I haven't detected in a long time. My house was built in the mid 40's and my wife's family has lived here ever since it was built, so theres bound to be some silver in the ground here. When and if I ever get some free time, I am gonna do some digging.
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    DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    The manganese causes them to get dark/greenish. Combined with brass in Sac dollars it causes them to tarnish similarly.

    -D
    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    -Aristotle

    Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

    -Horace
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    GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,871 ✭✭✭✭
    Cool, thanks D. It makes em easier to spot in change too image
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