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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phankins11, post: 2337586, member: 70703&quot;]Well after looking at several other war and non war nickels that I have, I least figured out that what I&#039;m seeing isn&#039;t a smaller horizontal I above the T.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are differences in the T in LIBERTY on some of these war nickels that I have. Some show serifs on the top side of the cross of the T. Below are pictures of the differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at PCGS coin facts (which is free now WOOT!) their pics of the 1944 D and S show this but none of the others do. ( <a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Hierarchy.aspx?c=679&amp;title=Type+2%2c+Silver+Alloy+%281942-1945%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Hierarchy.aspx?c=679&amp;title=Type+2%2c+Silver+Alloy+%281942-1945%29" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Hierarchy.aspx?c=679&amp;title=Type+2,+Silver+Alloy+(1942-1945)</a> )</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there different varieties of T on these, is it die deterioration or a chip (I wouldn&#039;t think this because the examples on CoinFacts are MS 67 examples), is it due to a stronger strike? Does anyone know? ([USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] ?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I understand what RLM was saying...in my OP pic something hit the upper cross of the T which left a dent, effectively dividing the cross of the T in two. With the accentuated serifs being &quot;separated it looks like one full side of an I laying parallel to the T&#039;s cross.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m probably making much ado about nothing here...just found it interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins with the accentuated upper serifs on the cross of the T</p><p>[ATTACH=full]474610[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coins without the accentuated upper serifs on the cross of the T</p><p>[ATTACH=full]474611[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A non war nickel for comparison - 1959 </p><p>[ATTACH=full]474612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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