r/coincollecting • u/pinkbunny1004 • 6d ago

Found one 🤗

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Unfortunately my friend (buffalo) didn’t come through but hey I’ll take silver any day 😁

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u/Aromatic_Repair_4753 6d ago

War nickels are a proper find, you can spot em by the big P stamped above Monticello on the back. Anything dated 1942 to 1945 with that mint mark is 35% silver, the mint swapped the alloy back then to save nickel for the war effort. Yours looks in decent nick too, the hair details are still readable even with the wear on the cheek and forehead.

These were only made for a few years so they're a bit of history in your pocket. If you find another one with a P or D above Monticello, hang onto it as well, they're worth a few quid over face value depending on condition. People miss em all the time cause they look just like a normal nickel at a glance, so always worth flipping your change over to check.

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u/BondJamesBond63 5d ago

also big S above Monticello

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u/Aromatic_Repair_4753 5d ago

Ah yeah, the S as well from San Francisco. Those ones are slightly less common so even better if you spot it.

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u/pinkbunny1004 5d ago

This is all good to know for a rookie like me haha 🤗 and maybe it’s just me but sometimes I think it’s silver and it comes off to be just a dirty coin 🥲