whynot
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- Jan 27, 2005
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- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Found this last weekend, first chance to post... My first Silver Liberty Head V Nickel ever and a Semi-key date at that!!! I admit I almost did my happy dance but I was still shocked that I actually found a coin prior to 1964!
Will try to get a pic posted of back side soon.
Found this is a tot lot about 4 inches down. It rang up weird, bouncing between nickel and pull-tab... Go figure... I sure have found some strange stuff in our tot lots in FL. Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting!
-whynot
ps - forgot to check composition.... 75% copper, 25% nickel, still no silver coins...
Will try to get a pic posted of back side soon.
Found this is a tot lot about 4 inches down. It rang up weird, bouncing between nickel and pull-tab... Go figure... I sure have found some strange stuff in our tot lots in FL. Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting!
-whynot
ps - forgot to check composition.... 75% copper, 25% nickel, still no silver coins...
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Nickles were never made out of silver.
I would love to find one that old.
your coin clearly looks as if its been in a fire . --remember often its what was there in the past rather than whats there now that can make a spot "very interesting" indeed. -- bet a check of the old land / tax records will show that a house once stood there (and from the looks of the coin --it burnt down)--- 5 cent pieces aka --nickles --are called "nickles" because they are made of the metal known as "nickle"--a silver colored but non silver metal -- during the civil war --silver coins were hoarded --so the govt switched to "nickle" for its 3 cent pieces (the price to mail a letter then) -- post war the govt made a 5 cent piece to replace the silver "half dime" -- it too was made of the metal --nickle --thus the term "nickle" became used for a 5 cent piece because it had "no silver" in it.
