War nickel in my change today!
 

I'm currently on the road for work and staying in San Pedro, CA. For dinner tonight, I walked over to the Hawaian bbq joint for some good Kalua pork. I had ten cents and a couple bucks paper change coming and was pleasantly surprised when the girl gave me two nickels (instead of a dime). Like others here, I hold on to the nickels I get since they are/were worth more than face value in metal content.

As I'm walking down the hotel hallway back to my room, I hear a distinct, high pitched clinking metal sound. I look back to see what the noise is when I realize it's the two nickels in my pocket. I get to my room and check out the coins, and one of them is a 1945. After a quick ring test and internet search I confirmed I had a war nickel. Even better, it was struck in Denver which had the lowest mintage that year! :applause_ I think it's been about three years or so since I got any silver in change, the last time being a silver dime.

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Nice find!!!!!!

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Good find. I have not gotten silver in my change in almost 2 years. Last was a silver dime and quarter. I love it when you get some real money in your change.

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Wife got a real 1964 dime in her change yesterday, lucky woman. I never find a thing...maybe I'm looking too hard

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I got a silver quarter last week in my change courtesy of the Florida Turnpike...got to drive toll free that day.

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It's just beginning, in my opinion. The wife works part time in a busy grocery store and is seeing more and more (pre-83 cents) older coins appearing.

All those folks with big coin jars are cashing them in. Now is a good time to know a bank teller.

Sign of the times to come.

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All I got was a couple of pre-82 pennies....:banghead:

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:applause_ Nice find Texan, :wink:

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Last week I got a British 5 Pence coin, instead of a dime, in my change from somewhere??

I only noticed because I was trying to remove a small screw on a item at work, and had no screwdriver close by. Reached for a handy dime instead, or so I thought. It's a tiny bit wider than a dime though.

So if a British Pound is twice what a dollar is worth, does that mean a Pence is double what a penny is worth? If so, it's worth about 10 cents. lol

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I snagged one of those in my change a few weeks ago.:bull-buddy-icon:

It was the first silver I had ever gotten in change. OK maybe not the first ever, but the first since I became aware that our currency once contained precious metals.

Mine was a 1943 with a P mint mark.

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I got a 1938 ag jeff nick in change. its not silver but its pretty damned old

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I got a 1945 Wheatie today, O and another copper penny for the copper jar. Mark

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Point well taken Mayhem. As the U.S. economy continues to slide, we may well see a few more interesting pieces in our everyday change.