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1940 Jefferson Nickel struck on silver dime planchet?
Friday one of the visitors at the CONECA table was a retired Electrical Engineer and he brought this coin to the table. He found it in the early 1940's and often wondered why it was different. I looked at it and told him it had the strong possibility to be a Jefferson Nickel struck on a dime planchet. I showed him a few other examples online and gave him a very rough price on what the coin could be worth. He said he was a collector when he was very young, but decided to move on to other interests, and had no desire to keep the coin. He asked me if I would buy it from him. I asked how much he'd want for the coin, and he said, I'd take $20.00 for it. I shook my head and brought him over to the CONECA table where I had a placard set up and showed him roughly what the coin was worth. He said, its not about the money, its about finding something different. So, I offered him $50.00 for the coin, and he was grinning from ear to ear. His wife was happy as well. He said he found it in change, and kept it because it was different. Now he was taking his lovely wife to dinner and left quite happy.
With a scale that goes down to the tenths of a gram, this coin weighs 2.9 grams. and it is extremely thin, under a dimes thickness.
With a scale that goes down to the tenths of a gram, this coin weighs 2.9 grams. and it is extremely thin, under a dimes thickness.
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