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War Nickel #6548674
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Got lucky this morning...got a 1943 P war nickel from my change when buying coffee! I guess you know you're getting old when that's your definition of getting lucky!

Any other coin collectors out there? What's your best find from circulation?

Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548678
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Don't forget , the war nickle has around 35% silver in it. . I got a 1901 Indian head penny in some change awhile back.

Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548716
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I have a couple 1909 Lincoln pennies, also a 1737 Spanish "Reale".


Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548745
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funny how they slip back into circulation.
Hum ....wondering ,does the kids or grand kids find'em and spend it on candy sometimes.

Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548748
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I handle a lot of change in my job and find a lot of wheat back pennies from the 50s and a couple doz war era ones but the oldest ones to date are

1920 penny
1936 nickel
1931 dime
1941 quarter

A few years ago I had a guy come in and pay for his order with 2 20 dollar gold certificates a 10 gold certificate and 3 5 dollar silver certificates all of them like new except for having been carried in his wallet otherwise I think they would have been unfolded, the only thing I can think of is that he was cleaning up after someone had died or something and found tucked in a drawer or something and just assumed they were just regular bills or something

Not a collector but just enjoy the hunt for old coins in the change

I have also found a fair number of foreign coins mixed in with the normal US change



�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.�
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Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548767
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I use to work in a store and counted the money. Would see older pennies pretty regular and occasional silver coin.when a lot of older silver would show up in let’s say in a weeks time, we always figured someone stole it and used the store to fence it.
Strangest thing I ever encountered was an older lady came in and cashed in 100 rolls of wheat pennies , of course I bought them all.


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Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548772
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Boy, that brings back memories of years past!

We delivered papers when we were little (60's into the 80's) and it got to the point that we were into the hundreds of papers delivered. Sunday alone we delivered 4-5 hundred Harrisburg patriots. Anyhow, you can only imagine the change we got and Sunday afternoons I'd go thru them and pick out the war nickels. I don't know what mom did with them, but I know I filled a bucket with them. I'm gonna guess she still has them somewhere.

She saved silver 50 cent pieces, and she had a charge of them too. Still remember going thru change, seperating and putting into sleeves.

Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548785
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I wish would save old coins when younger. How u find them? I alwsys look at change. Not old coin in many years

Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548900
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Coonman, you could start saving quarters. They have pretty neat designs on them. I am not a pro coin collector , just my 2 cents.


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Re: War Nickel [Re: IllinoisTraps58] #6548986
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Originally Posted by Horse Creek Fur
Best find: 2 1984 Double Die pennies



I think I would go nuts if I tried to look for die errors. How in the world would you familiarize yourself with them all? Way too tedious and time consuming for me!

Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6548988
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I haven't spent pennys since 1972 when they were talking about stop making them … I have several of laying around. I had a pretty nice collection years ago and when my house was robbed they got most of the coins collection and 17 long and hand guns.

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Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6549007
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I need a 1916D dime to complete that set. A junk grade is about $500. Only made 216;000 of them.

Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6549034
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War nickels in circulation aren’t a rare as one would think.


"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
Re: War Nickel [Re: run] #6549043
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Originally Posted by run
Coonman, you could start saving quarters. They have pretty neat designs on them. I am not a pro coin collector , just my 2 cents.

Normally I would disagree but searching 2019 quarters for ones with a W mint mark could be worth while.

They seem to be fetching 15 bucks plus all day long on eBay.


"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6549053
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I got one a couple weeks ago too...at Dunkin Donuts..1943 P


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Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6549108
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All five issues of the 2019 ATB series quarters will be minted with a limited quantity at West Point besides the normal quantities at the Denver and Philadelphia mints.

I believe mintage is 2 million each issue


"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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Thanks, Steven.


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Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6549203
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Interesting thread


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Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6549218
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Is Sanfrancisco still minting ? ..”S”


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Re: War Nickel [Re: BvrRetriever] #6549340
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Yes, but not for coins that are intended for circulation. The ones minted there typically for collector proof sets. Dimes, halves and quarters are still minted there in 90 percent silver for collector sets.

Generally gold and silver eagles are what is minted at the West Point mint. This year they decided to do a run of 2 million coins for each America the beautiful quarter issues and putting them out into circulation to try and spur some interest in coin collecting.


"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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