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    1942 war nickel

    I found a 1942 war nickel with no mint mark. I have looked everywhere for it. The only place I can find it is in the red book. It gives too sets of numbers on the mintage, 1) 29,600 2) 49,789,000. Red book says it weighs .05626 oz. These weighs .170 oz. Also says weighs 4.86 grams. this one is 4.7 grams. Can someone tell me where I might be able to read about it? And are war nickels worth holding on to? I have found 11 of them. Thank you.
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    Last edited by stan jewell; 05-11-2022, 08:59 PM.
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      It is a standard nickel (nickel and copper) it wasn't until October 8, 1942 nickels where changes to copper and silver to eliminate the nickel which was a critical wartime material. The "war nickels" produced after October 8th 1942 will have a very large mint mark on the reverse above Monticello (the building) Your nickel is just a regular 1942 Philli Nickel

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        Evening Stan,
        Yes it is just a worn out nickel. If you see the large mintmark above Monticello, "This would actually be a War Nickel" these will be 35% silver so yes you should keep those for the silver. All of the 42-S mints are silver, and alot of the 42-P mints are either or. All the 42-D mints are not silver.
        Eric
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