Possible Post War Silver Nickel?

[CousinEddie]

Possible post war silver nickel? I dug this the other day in the same place I dug the 1945 silver war nickel. Every nickel that comes out of the ground in my area, except war nickels, are red/rust colored (Especially the old nickels). Some are even black. This has the look and "sound" of my silver war nickels. Could it be possible a few post war silvers were minted? I have found no info online about possible post war silver nickels. It has no mint mark on the back...

 

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[Breezie]

Silver nickels are scarce as frog hairs, split twice; but I would have it tested to make sure. You could do a specific gravity test on it in the meantime. If I'm remembering correctly, I don't think there have been but 4 or 5 silver nickels known to exist. Good Luck, I hope yours is one of them! Breezie

 

[CousinEddie]

I'm confused by your reply...? I find silver War Nickels all the time. They were minted from 1942-45. This 1946 reads the same as my other silver war nickels, yet I can find nothing about post war silver nickels. Are you saying that POST war silver nickels are scarce?

 

[GMD52]

I have 15 silver nickels in my collection, mostly picked up from circulation. Have sold quite a number more, they aren't all that rare. But they sure are a good find when one appears.

 

[CousinEddie]

Another possibility was a recent drop, but it was 6" down....

 

[wvwildman]

i found a 44 p and a 42 p this year

 

[Breezie]

I'm confused by your reply...? I find silver War Nickels all the time. They were minted from 1942-45. This 1946 reads the same as my other silver war nickels, yet I can find nothing about post war silver nickels. Are you saying that POST war silver nickels are scarce?

Collecting coins is not my area, but I remember reading there were some 1946 nickels that were error struck with the silver wartime composition; they are extremely rare.

I hope this explains it. Breezie

 

[CousinEddie]

Collecting coins is not my area, but I remember reading there were some 1946 nickels that were error struck with the silver wartime composition, which are extremely rare.

I hope this explains it. Breezie

Thank you Breezie!!

 

[BrianB]

CousinEddie, I agree with Breezie, being a transitional year where they changed back to nickle from the 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese composition, it could be likely a few blanks from the previous year were struck in 46. Have it check out.

 

[CousinEddie]

Info at bottom of the page..: My Errors, Congressional Errors, and Mint Errors

Thanks HeavyMetalNut!!

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

First check is always: does it have the "P" mintmark over Monticello? I haven't heard of a '46 struck on a '45 silver alloy planchet, but I guess it could happen.

 

[CousinEddie]

No mint mark...

 

[CousinEddie]

I have found quite a few nickels from 1946 and all were red/rust colored. All of my nickels, except war time nickels, are red/rust colored when coming out of the grounds. Even newer mints at only an inch in the ground. Very strange, but probably explainable.

http://silvercoinmeltvalues.net/jefferson-nickels-1942-1945/

Read at bottom of page....

 

[CousinEddie]

Honestly, I don't think it's a rare find. I'm not that lucky, hahaha!! My thoughts are that if it was struck by a war time planchet, it would have a mint mark. This nickel has no mint mark. It COULD be a counterfeit, but it does NOT have the defining characteristic to make it a Henning counterfeit. I looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck.....but most likely not a duck. I'm still going to have it looked at by a coin person near me. He said it was worth driving the 25 mins to see if I have a rare coin.

 

[CousinEddie]

Here is the best close up I can get. The letter "R" on the reverse in "PLURIBUS" does not have the "loop" like the counterfeit Henning nickel. However, with a loupe I noticed the letter "R" is off set and slightly below the rest of the letters. I doubt it means anything. Like I said, most likely not a rare coin, but it sure looks like the rest of my silver War nickels. Reads the same numbers wise as my other War nickels, and has the "sound" the other War nickels have when I drop them on the counter.

 

[CoinFetcher]

War nicks are grippy. Rub your thumb on a war nick. It grips you. A regular nickle does not grab your finger. I also, the ping test won't lie. Should be fairly easy to see if its silver.

Also, could it be a henning nickle?

 

[TreasurePirate69]

I read somewhere that a Henning nickel weighs 5.4g instead of 5g. Do you have a way to weigh this coin?

 

[CousinEddie]

I just got back from the coin guy about that nickel. He called in another guy to look as well. Both said that it has all the characteristics of a silver nickel except for the mint mark. They said it could be a "blanK', like Brian B. suggested. It was suggested that I send it somewhere to be weighed. Neither of these guys had the machine to correctly weight it against a silver nickel. I didn't understand half of what they were talking about, but they looked intrigued to say the least. Basically, they said if either of them found it...they would send it out to be tested. They also said they wanted to know the verdict as soon as I found out.

 

[TreasurePirate69]

Sounds good. Keep us posted!

 

[OUTCOME1]

war nickles to my knowledge are only about 35 percent silver. thats enough to keep them in decent shape in the ground for long periods of time.