Post your WWII Collections

In anticipation of the release of the new WWII medal from the US Mint, I was thinking about the collections that I have had related to WWII. As a Jefferson Nickel collector, I've had literally dozens of war nickel sets from circulated coins all the way up to my registry collections, of which I currently have three.

That said, WWII collections don't need to be limited to war nickels, and maybe you guys could show me your WWII collections. I will start with my WWII Mercury Dime collection, that I almost completed before I sold it off.




Let's see what you guys got!

 

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Umm I got a 1944D . Too early for me .

 

Very Nice Display by the way !

 

I was born in 1944

 

Very nice postings folks. I love shiny coins. Thanks.

 

Actually I can show you this one

 

Nice, thanks for all the posts everyone. Be Safe

 

This is interesting. I was watching the new version of Midway this past week and I started my collection, one coin at a time. Thanks to all that showed your coins. I don't have a camera that would do justice so you could see my coins.

 

Wow.... I just started a set of MS66 war era nickels. With the striking collections above, I am embarrassed to post them! Nice sets guys.

 

My WWII error coins:

Both pieces of a split planchet 1944-P Nickel:

The 1942/1 Dime:

 

I've got almost every coin in the war time set except the 1942 D Type II silver coin. I got burned a bit because I didn't read far enough to know that there are two types of 1942 D Nickels. Type II with silver and Type I, without. When I looked at the Red Book, they printed a block of the war time coins, however, the 1942 D is included with the previous page. I paid a hefty price for that dumb mistake. I do have a couple of raw 1942 D Type II coins in 2x2 holders. I'm trying to include all coins that are MS 66. I have all 3 of the cents and all 3 of the dimes, but only 2 of the nickels, no quarters yet and a Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1942 P MS 62. I do have a ton of Raw war time coins. Any idea where I might look to get the 1942 D Nickel Type II? Thanks all.

 

Where is the capsule of dirt? You know, older than dirt. LOL
I was born in 45 so not far behind you.

 

Here’s one from my NGC registry set of war nickels:

 

There is no such thing as a 1942-D war nickel. In 1942, the Philadelphia Mint made both CuNi standard nickels known as Type 1, and war nickels from the manganeese silver alloy with the large mint mark over the dome known as Type 2. The Denver Mint only made CuNi nickels, and the San Francisco Mint only made silver alloy war nickels, thus neither the "D" or "S" mint coins have Type 1 or Type 2 designations.

 

Most of the stuff WWII related (my collection) is 'medalic' in nature. I included Lindberg because he flew P-38's in the Pacific Theatre (unofficially).....

 

I think that's the 3rd mistake I made today. I looked at the Red Book and saw that there was 1942 in the standard minting and in the war time minting, but I didn't look far enough to see that there is not a 1942 D in the War Time minting. Thank you for clearing this up for me. Now, on to 1943, 1944, and 1945. Will it be to optimistic to get MS 66 in all war time coins?

 

Working on a 1939-1945 toned WWII years set. Here’s what I have so far.

 

You're welcome, we all make little mistakes like that. In answer to your question, NO, it is not optimistic to get MS66 in the WWII issues, in fact, most of them will be very affordable (under $50 per coin). Only the Walkers will be expensive in MS66.

My suggestion for Jefferson War Nickels is not to settle for MS66. Every coin with the exception of the 1943/2-P is very affordable in MS67, so I would look to buy them in the best grade.

 

They are toned well. I have all of my silver nickels and Dimes for 1942. They are all NGC MS66 and my dimes are FB. I have my cents as well. I figured to start at 1942 and move up. I have a 1944 P Quarter MS 66 and a 1942 P Walking Liberty Half Dollar MS62. I got the half dollar before I started my quest for war time coins.