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WORLD WAR II SILVER WAR NICKELS - LOT OF 6

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Silver - Coin Silver Start Price:1.00 USD
WORLD WAR II SILVER WAR NICKELS - LOT OF 6
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LOT OF SILVER WAR NICKELS

"WAR NICKELS" WERE MINTED FROM 1942-1945 USING SILVER (35 PERCENT SILVER, 56 PERCENT COPPER, AND 9 PERCENT MANGANESE) IN ORDER TO FREE UP COPPER AND NICKEL FOR THE WAR EFFORT; IN THE HOPES OF MAKING THEM EASY TO SORT OUT AND WITHDRAW AFTER THE WAR, THE MINT STRUCK ALL "WAR NICKELS" WITH A LARGE MINT MARK APPEARING ABOVE MONTICELLO. THE MINT MARK P FOR PHILADELPHIA WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT MINT'S MARK HAD APPEARED ON A US COIN. THE PREWAR COMPOSITION AND SMALLER MINT MARK (OR NO MINT MARK FOR PHILADELPHIA) WERE RESUMED IN 1946