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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 01-02-2009, 08:37 PM   #1 (permalink) gammaman Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 9 1943 P Double Eye Nickle How rare are these? and does anyone have one to post? I have a whole bunch of 1943 P Nickles and it is kinda hard to tell if any are double eye since the picture in the "red book" is not that great.   01-02-2009, 09:18 PM   #2 (permalink) Leadfoot Numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,620 My Mood: I have no idea (guess I don't read the redbook that closely after all), but interested in anyone's response, so here's a free bump to the top.   01-02-2009, 09:45 PM   #3 (permalink) borgovan Supporter**   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,363 Oh...I was actually going to refer you to the Redbook for a pic. Let me look for something...   01-02-2009, 09:47 PM   #4 (permalink) borgovan Supporter**   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,363 I'm still looking...see if this helps for now: http://www.conecaonline.org/content/...s19421943.html   01-02-2009, 09:57 PM   #5 (permalink) borgovan Supporter**   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,363 If you have a Cherrypicker's guide, it's in there. I can't post the pic here, due to copyright considerations. You can't miss it, though. There is a very prominent second eye just south of Jefferson's eye. Per Bill Fivaz, the master die for 1943 had some doubling, so all 1943 nickels exhibit some kind of doubling. This one is extremely prominent, though.   01-03-2009, 10:27 AM   #6 (permalink) Speedy Researching Coins     Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,594 My Mood: I have one here that I need to take pic's of for my site---I'll try to do that today unless I get called out. This is a well circulated coin so it should help you find it even on a worn piece. Speedy __________________ Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over WINS - ANA - CONECA -   01-03-2009, 06:51 PM   #7 (permalink) Speedy Researching Coins     Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,594 My Mood: I can't get a good pic's so I'll try to type out some PUP (pick up points) that may help you find one of these. Looking at the eye with a loupe...I use a 10x...check about at the middle of the eye. On the double eye nickle you will see what looks to be a spike....down alittle farther you will find something that looks like a half ball. Looking at those you should be able to make out the 2nd eye. It is shifted out to the front of the face, and then down slightly. I'm going to keep trying to get some pic's of this coin-- Speedy __________________ Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over WINS - ANA - CONECA -   01-04-2009, 07:44 AM   #8 (permalink) nickelman Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Top of Virginia Posts: 965 Welcom to the forum. Hope this picture helps. Attached Thumbnails   __________________ My collection (part of it anyway)http://www.omnicoin.com/user_view.aspx?id=Nickelman "IN GOD WE TRUST" Escapee from the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts!   01-04-2009, 05:02 PM   #9 (permalink) nickelman Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Top of Virginia Posts: 965 Here is an old post on this nickel if interested. http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t36571/ __________________ My collection (part of it anyway)http://www.omnicoin.com/user_view.aspx?id=Nickelman "IN GOD WE TRUST" Escapee from the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts!   01-04-2009, 12:36 PM   #10 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,669 nickelman: nice picture. I've been searching for years for one, as a cherrypick. None yet. Perhaps the next coin show. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   01-04-2009, 01:29 PM   #11 (permalink) 6StepStucky Member     Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 62 My Mood: There are several tuff varieties in the Jefferson nickel series. This 1943P doubled eye aka double eye is among the hardest to find. Most of the varieties in this series are found in the wartime composition and within this date set the majority of varieties are on the reverse. Both the PAC and the Full Step Nickel Club have worked many man hours gathering information on the Jefferson Nickel series. If you need additional information there is a great write up on the Jefferson nickel in the ”Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins” </SPAN>For anyone interested in collecting coins as a hobby I recommend this book to all. nickelman...is yours a full stepper?   01-04-2009, 04:49 PM   #12 (permalink) nickelman Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Top of Virginia Posts: 965 Quote: Originally Posted by gammaman How rare are these? and does anyone have one to post? I have a whole bunch of 1943 P Nickles and it is kinda hard to tell if any are double eye since the picture in the "red book" is not that great. There is also the 43/2 to look for and lots of RPM's. __________________ My collection (part of it anyway)http://www.omnicoin.com/user_view.aspx?id=Nickelman "IN GOD WE TRUST" Escapee from the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts!   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. 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