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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 3580418, member: 91609&quot;]Jodemi, I applaud your continued interest in coin hunting, but I am starting to notice a trend in your posts.&nbsp; Why would you think this is an S/D mintmark?&nbsp; Are you aware of, or have seen one?&nbsp; Or is this just wishful thinking?</p><p><br /></p><p>The US San Francisco Mint produced over 43.4 million 1941 nickels, &amp; from what I find (I&#039;m not a nickel expert) no S over D nickels have been found.&nbsp; 1954 has an S/D, but so far that&#039;s it.&nbsp; The odds of you finding a 1941 discovery coin are so remote...</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be very beneficial for you to acquire (if you haven&#039;t already) a US Coin Digest (aka, &quot;Red Book&quot;).&nbsp; They produce one each year, but you don&#039;t need a new one - any from the last 5 yrs or so should suffice.&nbsp; There is a wealth of information:&nbsp;&nbsp; it will show you mintages, grading, known varieties, (don&#039;t rely on the prices, but it will show general differences between grades), etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you should have a magnifying glass, not higher than 10x.</p><p><br /></p><p>The chances of you actually finding an error, variety, rare specimen in circulation is extremely remote (but not impossible).&nbsp;&nbsp; You being in Canada, I would think you have a more difficult time finding US specimens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep up the search - there are still great finds out there, but certainly not as frequent as some think. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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