1940 S nickles

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Willysilver, Feb 29, 2024.

  1. Willysilver

    Willysilver HEADS UP Supporter

    I hope everybody's week is going well the weekend is here I got a question Does anybody know what other coins the mint was pressing in 1940 in San Francisco cuz I got this nickel it's got crazy on so im thinking its mules with something weight is 4.7 g thanks
     

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  3. Willysilver

    Willysilver HEADS UP Supporter

    missing five cents on rv it almost look like buffalo nickle
     

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  4. Neal

    Neal Well-Known Member

    If you want information about your coin, you have to show us your coin, not just a small portion of it. From what you do show, it is nothing more than a combination of ordinary wear and what was probably originally a weak strike. By the way, the term "mule" means the front and back don't belong together, such as a dollar on one side and a quarter on the other.
     
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  5. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    How about.. 84 years of circulation wear and tear o_O
     
  6. Willysilver

    Willysilver HEADS UP Supporter

    paddy theres like something indented on it
     

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  7. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .


    That would be more along the lines of "tear" vs. "wear".

    YMMV.

    Z
     
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  8. Willysilver

    Willysilver HEADS UP Supporter

    thanks for the heads up but i think you are incorrect
     
  9. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    No worries we are all incorrect.
    Maybe you can teach us how 200+ years of numismatics supports your theory.
     
  10. cwart

    cwart Senior Member Supporter

    He's right about the definition of a mule for a coin.

    As for what coins were being minted, check Google. The information is there.
     
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  11. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    C'mon! You're not that old... lol.gif
     
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  12. cwart

    cwart Senior Member Supporter

    a REALLY evil part of me wants to nominate that for best answer..... :D
     
  13. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    You want to learn the correct information. Stop saying they are incorrect.

    If you keep doing that the members will start ignoring you.
     
  14. Willysilver

    Willysilver HEADS UP Supporter

    I didn't mean that in a bad way at all I'm not a negative person I was just trying to express my opinion that that one lady had that 1990 I think it was Penny and it was only on the front and they called them you will so I'm confused again
     
  15. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    I am all for hunting oddities on our coins. Just let me say this.... Billions and billions of coins are struck and released into circulation every year. That means that each of these coins travel a different path through the course of their life. Each subjected to it's own use and/or abuse. When you view a coin that appears may have an anomaly, try to be subjective enough to realize that it has been dropped, kicked, ran over, covered in soda, hit by a lawnmower.... Or any of an untold myriad of conditions. Once you rule all that out, then if you still see an anomaly, you probably have something.
     
  16. JCro57

    JCro57 Making Errors Great Again

    Amen. I'm up for that simply because he never uses punctuation. Very annoying to read when people use talk-to-text
     
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