War Nickel ?

Well, "S" isn't the only minmark that you might find on the reverse.
There's also "P" and "D". Having said that, yes, they did make a little
over 50 million 1942 nickels prior to the Wartime alloy variety. HTH

I just came across a 42, but there is no 'S' on the back. Did they make a
few
regular nickels in 42 before the switch? If so, anyone know the mintage
numbers
between the different types of that year? Thanks.


Yes. Don't have the mintage figures at
the moment but they are not rare.

They switched in mid year. You have a P done before the switch . The
ones with the mint marks over the dome are quite striking.

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:52:04 GMT, Richard wrote:

I was under the impression that 42-45 were not made of nickel anymore due to the
war, but were made of copper, silver and manganese. They should all have a big
'S' mark on the rear to identify them.

I just came across a 42, but there is no 'S' on the back. Did they make a few
regular nickels in 42 before the switch? If so, anyone know the mintage numbers
between the different types of that year? Thanks.

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Mickey

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"Richard" wrote in message

I was under the impression that 42-45 were not made of nickel anymore
due to the war, but were made of copper, silver and manganese. They
should all have a big 'S' mark on the rear to identify them.

I just came across a 42, but there is no 'S' on the back. Did they
make a few regular nickels in 42 before the switch? If so, anyone
know the mintage numbers between the different types of that year?
Thanks.

They made 42 plain (49,818,600)and 42D (13,938,000) in copper-nickel and 42P
(57,900,600) and 42S (32,900,000) in copper-silver-manganese.

--
Ed Hendricks
ANA# R178621
eBay: edh.

From: Richard

I was under the impression that 42-45 were made of copper, silver and
manganese. They should all have a big 'S' mark on the rear to identify them. I
just came across a 42, but there is no 'S' on the back. Did they make a few
regular nickels in 42 before the switch? If so, anyone know the mintage
numbers between the different types of that year?

There are four varieties of the 1942 Nickel. The two "silver content"
varieties will have either a "P" or an "S" mintmark over the dome, larger than
the usual mintmark. The other two, which contain no silver, are the plain and
the "D" mintmarks. Check your coin; look in the usual spot, right side of
Monticello, for a small "D". You just might have one of these.

Mintages:
"normal alloy"
1942 plain = 49,818,600
1942 "D" = 13,938,000
"silver content"
1942 "P" = 57,900,600
1942 "S" = 32,900,000

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