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Old 01-15-2009, 04:36 PM   #8 (permalink)
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what are they made of?
They are made out of nickel planchets. The 1944 no only was missing the P mintmark but should have been silver but was nickel.
It is said after Henning was caught that the confiscated nickel blanks were used by the US Mint to produce actual nickels.
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