Extreme silver find at grocery store bank

tand324

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I just got back from my local grocery store with a lot of half dollars. As I started to open the rolls up, every single roll was entirely silver, only a couple of clad. I was so excited that I ran through all of the rolls. A total of 335 40% silver half dollars, and 2 90% Kennedy half dollars. Pictures soon.

I returned to the bank to see if they had any more but the didn't so I got $40 in nickels and I found a 1943 P 35% silver. Needless to say, a quite successful trip the bank
 

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Congrats. What year nickels have silver in them ? I have some older ones, was it just the war years when they were short on nickel?
 

s.c.shooter said:
Congrats. What year nickels have silver in them ? I have some older ones, was it just the war years when they were short on nickel?
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i think 42-45
 

sweet luck wish my bank got old stuff they said they can only get the new coins and bills
 

Yep Wartime Silver Alloy Nickel 1942-1945.
56% copper,
35% silver
and 9% manganese.
Letter P used for the first time to indicate the change of alloy eliminating the use of nickel for war material.
Awsome find!
 

the letters were mint marks = p = philly ( first time the letter p mint mark for philly was used was on the 1942 35% silver war nickles) d = denver and s =san francisco --the letters were large and on the rear on all the silver war time nickles 1942 - 1945 -- the 5 cent piece we know today as a nickle became comman because in the civil war silver "half dimes" (5 cent in value) and 3 cent silvers were hoarded --so the the us govt came out with "nickle based" 3 cent and 5 cent coins to prevent them being hoarded ---after the war the 3 cent coins died out but the 5 cent "nickle" based coins lived on --thus the term "nickle" was used for them since there wasn't any silver in them anymore. (until WW2 that is)
 

Nice!
Go bury those in the parks for us to find. :laughing7:
 

Just so you don't get confused, a bunch of 1942 nickels were made in nickel. They have the small (or no) mintmarks. The silver ones from 42 to 45 will have the large P-D-S over the dome.
 

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