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Originally Posted by aschen
Born in 76, knew all through the 80s to look for 64 and prior coinage. To this day never seen one in the wild, though I know plenty of people who have.
It amazes me there is a lot of not particularly special junk silver from the late 50s and early 60s that is basically AU. Before my time but I guess everyone knew in that time frame to start pulling out coins. I dont have much junk silver but most the Washington quarters, franklin halves, and roosevelt times look AU
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During the WW2, nickle was a scarce war material, and the nickles were made of silver. They have a large mint mark on the back, and they have a dark color. I got one of those in change just a few years ago. I have a handful of them from when I was a kid and they were common. Pennies during WW2 were made of steel since copper was scarce, and needed for the war effort. Those would of course rust, and looked very different, so a lot of people kept them. I have not seen one in circulation since I was a kid.
As a kid I likely drove a local hobby shop nuts by browsing for hours looking for coins on display. I wanted an buffalo nickle, so I finally mowed enough lawns to buy the one I wanted, and in change they gave me some really worn buffalo nickles likely worth 6 cents each. I was thrilled. I know I still have them, but I have not looked at them in 30+ years as they are locked away.