Yeah those photos were in with the war nickels so I just posted them. I post off my cell phone, so once I hit the upload photo button I can't tell what I'm posting lol.
All those pretty war nickels made me look again at the one I have in my type set and go ugh! Time to go get a nice one. I'm going to Lakeland, FL show next week so I'll look there. And please don't beat me up for spelling "nickel" as "nickle". I'll fix it, I promise.
I pulled this from circulation. There is more luster and toning in hand. In the early 1990's I was working in a liquor store in Louisville, CO. (Huge fire there recently in the news.) Well all day a nickel with odd toning was looking up at me from the cash register. It didn't look old, and I never gave it out in change all day but I didn't really look at it. Towards the end of the shift I finally pulled it out of the tray, and realized what it was and replaced it with a face value pocket nickel.
The prettiest one I've ever had! I've had offers... It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious...
Well dang….. They aren’t as pretty as most in this thread are. I picked these up a couple years ago with the intent of doing a full set of war nickels. Then I put them in the safe and forgot about them…. Now, I reckon I have to finish what I started!