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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bugo, post: 2316204, member: 53226&quot;]That was my first thought, but why aren&#039;t there more later year coins that look like this? It&#039;s possible that these coins have been circulated nonstop since 1938 but it&#039;s just as likely that they sat in coin jars for decades effectively taken out of circulation then put back in at a much later date. Newer nickels just don&#039;t wear in the same way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also noticed that the nickels progressively changed over the years. I don&#039;t know the technical term, but it appears that the coins were struck better back in the day and that there is more relief on the older coins. In the &#039;80s the lower quality nickels started being minted. Look at a BU 1938 nickel and a BU 2003 nickel and the difference in quality is striking. What causes this, and what is the technical term?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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