BU ? 1943/2 War Nickel

Take a look at this picture. I am not positive but I can see something that looks like the horizontal bar.




Its really hard to tell from the pictures provided. Wish I could see this coin in hand.

 

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I think it is a shadow from the lighting source. That is why I asked if he could get pic's with the lighting pointing different directions.

Speedy

 

Jim's is the 3/2 but the OP's is not sad to say. In the Cherrypickers Vol1 it says there is 1943 with a faith die gouge that is often mistaken for the 3/2 and I think thats what the OP's coin is. Thanks for sharing and keep looking the varieties are out there to be Cherried.

 

There also a reference to the 1943 with a die scratch in Minting Varieties and Errors by Alan Herbert. It states "There is a similar die, with a heavy die scratch from the lower tip which goes almost straight up, but it is not an overdate.

Lou

 

here's a pic of mine I just took with that new dynolite camera

 

I see the over date clearly. In the very top picture. As for Grade, I dont know, from the pictures and not in and, I will say it AU55 at least. As I have seen and looked at A LOT of Nickels in my day. VERY NICE FIND! You will need to get that one slabbed,

 

The original pic looks to me to be an overdate. The "possible" 2 clearly goes through both loops of the 3, with the upper end protruding from the tip of the 3 and the left corner of the base of the 2 is visible under the 3 at the tip, not on top of the lower loop and although this 3/2 is not in the same position as the one that is understood to be a true 3/2, I would say another die had a similar problem as the one that created the one understood to be a 3/2.

I think you all are looking for an identical 3/2 and not taking into consideration this may be a new version that hasn't been recognized as of yet, because die cracks do not usually extend through and out of the lettering/date! Plus, as someone already pointed out, there is some doubling going on with the 4 and the pic doesn't have the right angle to see the rest of the date. Maybe Jax will take another photo of the entire date so we can see if there's more doubling going on with the date?

Put your glasses on, take a closer look (with an open mind), and maybe you'll see what I see. :kewl:

Ribbit :smile

Ps: Great coin Jfoot!

 

I'm pretty sure that the OP's nickel is not an overdate.

Neither the overdate nor the die crack where caused because of die clashes....?? maybe I'm missing your point?

Speedy

 

I meant crack. Oops! I will edit and fix the typo.

Thankies for catching that! :hail:

Ribbit :smile

 

Have to agree with Speedy. The orginal pics although appearring to have a 3/2 is cuased by a faint die gouge and not a true over date.

 

all 1943 nickels have doubling due to a doubled master die... are there more specific diagnostics unique to the 3/2 variety.. preferrably somewhere else on the coin where the wishful optimism of seeing the die crack is less likely to influence your perception... especially in grades below EF where circulation takes away from the sharpness of detail..
Ken

 

jfoot3:
No other diagnostics that I know of, but I will check further.