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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bugo, post: 1958152, member: 53226&quot;]I&#039;ve gone through thousands of nickels both at work and searching rolls, and I&#039;ve noticed that the wear pattern on nickels from the &#039;40s and early &#039;50s is unique (I reckon the &#039;30s Jeffersons are the same way, but I haven&#039;t found a whole lot of them.&nbsp; I&#039;ve found tons of &#039;40s and early &#039;50s nickels.)&nbsp; They also tend to acquire a yellowish patina.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t noticed this type of wear and coloring on any nickels past the early &#039;50s.&nbsp; Was there a slight composition change somewhere around 1955?&nbsp; My first thought was that the nickels were older and therefore worn more than later nickels, but I can&#039;t recall ever seeing a nickel later than &#039;54 or so with this type of wear pattern and coloring. When searching through nickels, I can always pick out a &#039;40s nickel even if I just see the reverse.&nbsp; They are unmistakable.&nbsp; Does anybody know why the patina on these nickels is unique?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_3519_zps49779ee4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_3521_zps60759ca5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_3522_zps211df9fb.jpg?t=1406515643" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_3524_zps2bbf213a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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