Is this a 1943/2 P ?

To me, it looks like there is a 2 in front of the 3. The 1 & 9 look different to me as well. There's a line coming off of the 1 in two small sections, almost touching the 9 and the 9 has a little blob. Thoughts? Is it just a regular 1943 P or is there something special about it? Thx!

 

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I looked at mine and they look similar.
BUT
I only have a closeup of the "43".
And the upper part of the "2" doesn't join the overlying "3" at the same place.
Was there more than one die? The Breen encyclopedia doesn't say so.
In fact the Breen encyclopedia specifically states, "Pieces with spurlike crack from lower loop of 3 are not overdates." Based upon my coin and the picture in Breen's encyclopedia I think that what you have.

 

Thanks Kanga. Can you see the top part of the 3 on mine...to the left of it slightly? To me it looks like the rest of the 2..as though the 2 were in front of the 3. Also, I just noticed on the reverse that the M in UNUM is different. Please see pic. Are your pics on here? I'll search for them in a sec to compare.

Should the "M" have this arrow? Is it PMD?

 

Here's one I have. Also, the reverse is a doubled die which can be seen on the word FIVE evident as notching and separation on the letters.

Billy

 

My images aren't NEARLY as good as those in Post #4.
So I won't include them.
They were taken in my earlier years of coin photography.
I still am not satisfied with my abilities although they've improved considerably.

 

I completely understand Kanga. I haven't gotten the hang of it yet either. My pics are from using a tiny magnifying glass + digital camera. Hopefully I can figure out what to set the camera on one day to get those kind of pics!

 

TexasMom: Comparing images with your coin I believe kanga is correct and that you have one of those spur-like cracks that are similar to the genuine 3/2 but is not.

Billy

 

I would like to see pictures of this coin 1943/ 2 with

The entire date of another 1943 Nickel overlayed on top
The entire date of another 1942 Nickel overlayed on top.

Of course there could be more than one 1943 master die and/or 1942 master die.

 

Almost every specimen I've seen it shows up best at the bottom on the inside lower loop of the "3".

If you don't see the straightline it's not the overdate.

 

agreed 100%

 

It's just so hard to tell with all the grime built up in that area. In a situation like this, would you risk cleaning it to find out if there's a line there?

 

Just to make things interesting, a spur like die chip began to emulate the previously punched in number 2

Please do not clean this coin, take it to a dealer and have them take a look.

 

No never clean any coin unless you want to devalue it to face IMHO....your coin may be a variety but not a a 43/2 your'e looks nothing like the true 43/2 pictured a few post back with the tail off the bottom of the lower part od the 3

 

There must be more than one die example of this 3/2. The image from Heritage is like the first image:

I'll have to check the reverse for the doubling on the word FIVE.

 

Interesting. That is different from mine though. I just looked at mine again and I think the "U" on TRUST has doubling. Will post pics tomorrow. I don't see the doubling on the areas you specified though. Could there be different dies? I also see an upward bubble/blob between the W & E and the "O" in God may or may not have thickness on the inside of the "O"... similar to the "9" in the date. (It's tough to tell b/c of all the crud.) Ughh...If I could just rinse the dirt off this would be so much easier.

 

Ughh...If I could just rinse the dirt off this would be so much easier.

RESIST THE TEMPTATION!!!

 

LOL.... Ok, ok. If this thing is still worthless in 2 yrs though, I'm going to rinse it just to see if I was right!

 

Mom

It is not the overdate, it is, however, the similar one with a die crack at the date.

 

Here are some additional images of the 1943/2 Jefferson nickel that I illustrated in my post #4.

Doubling is visible on most of the letters of IN GOD WE TRUST and LIBERTY evident as notching and some separation lines.

Hope this helps...

Billy (DieVarietyNews)

 

If you have a or can view a copy of the jefferson nickel analyst on page 85 you will see a picture of the nickel you have.43 pnickel with spur diebreak in the 3 it's not an over date. I knew I had seen this variety before but had to pull the books out to find just what it was .TS