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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1737119, member: 15309"]And remember that the war nickels and regular nickels were only both minted at the Philadelphia mint. The Denver mint only produced standard CuNi nickels and the San Francisco mint only produced war nickels. Here are some photos to show you the difference between a standard 1942 and a 1942 war nickel. The standard 1942 has no mintmark as was common for Philadelphia coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000FF">Standard 1942 Jefferson Nickel</span></font></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickel%20Registry/JeffersonNickel1942NGCMS671.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><font size="4">1942-P Jefferson War Nickel</font></span></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JN1942-PNGCMS67wLabel1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1737119, member: 15309"]And remember that the war nickels and regular nickels were only both minted at the Philadelphia mint. The Denver mint only produced standard CuNi nickels and the San Francisco mint only produced war nickels. Here are some photos to show you the difference between a standard 1942 and a 1942 war nickel. The standard 1942 has no mintmark as was common for Philadelphia coins. [SIZE=4][COLOR="#0000FF"]Standard 1942 Jefferson Nickel[/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickel%20Registry/JeffersonNickel1942NGCMS671.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR="#0000FF"][SIZE=4]1942-P Jefferson War Nickel[/SIZE][/COLOR] [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JN1942-PNGCMS67wLabel1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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