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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;VDBPennyGuy, post: 1375204, member: 35595&quot;]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">From mid-1942 to 1945, so-called Wartime composition nickels were created. These coins are 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese" rel="nofollow">manganese</a>.<span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"> The only other U.S. coins to use manganese are the </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar" rel="nofollow">Sacagawea</a> <span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">and </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_$1_Coin_Program" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_$1_Coin_Program" rel="nofollow">presidential</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"> dollars. These coins are usually a bit darker than regular nickels, said to be due to their manganese content (as was true of many British coins minted from 1920 through 1947). However, carefully protected proof sets of these coins are difficult to tell from the standard alloy. These were the only Jefferson nickels to put the mint mark on the back. Also the only ones the have the &quot;P&quot; mint mark. Coins minted in Philadelphia typically have no mint mark.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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