1942 Nickel

[Shleppodella1]

The coin has this blackish wood grain look throughout the obv/rev is this LDS on the whole coin? If you notice you can see the brown table at the corners of the picture so I'm not trying to be cute with a B&W, but I did try shading a little. Also the 2 green lines are incused instead of raised is that suppose to be that way?

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, it looks like a heavily abraded die, aka mint scratches.
Some one was a little overzealous.

One of the things to look for to tell the difference between some one cleaning a coin and an actual task performed at the mint is by looking closely at the numbers and letters. If the scratches appear to go under the numbers and letters, it's usually a good sign of die abrasion done at the mint. If the scratches appear to be on top of the numbers and letters, it might be a case where it was cleaned.

Depending on what month this was minted in 1942, it may contain 35% silver.

[Shleppodella1]

It's a 'P' of course but not the one with the large P above Monticello. If my homework is correct it was made right before the mandate of October 8, 1942 by Congress so it doesn't have any silver content which I was a little bummed about. Do this one have a value other than face value with the heavy abraiding not being a war nickel?
Also did you notice the incused lines on both sides of the bust they're fairly deep?

[eaxtellcoin]

I moved this topic to the General Forum.
this is a 1942-P Type 1 Jefferson Nickel. I'm sorry but a "XF" extremly fine is worth less than a buck.
Gary informed you correctly - notice the debris around the letters/numbers? the coin has been cleaned.
Sorry
Eric