Results: halves, nickels, pennies 6-1-06

[HobBob]

Hi All,
Another week, another $20 in halves, $20 in nickels, and $10 in pennies.
The results:

Halves - skunked again (and every single time)

Nickels - Two 1940's, 1954, a 1959, and my biggest surprise: a 1944 Canadian "V" nickel in almost uncirculated condition. (See pictures below)

Wheaties - only 2 this time, a 1941 and a 1945 (coincidentally, the years we entered WWII and were victorious);
Copper (1959-1981) - 236

... and another surprise: two entire rolls of Canadian pennies, with Lincolns thrown in on the ends to disguise the contents. Total take on Canadian pennies was 108 (more than 10%!!) All the Canadian pennies were recent vintage (1961 - 2002).

Here's the Canadian "V" nickel. I've never seen one before yesterday. It was in the very last roll of coins I opened.
HH,
Bob
PS - That looks like Morse code around the internal outer diameter of the reverse side of the coin. Am I right? What does it say?

 

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[icegator]

nice finds from not a lot of coins congrats

ice

 

[Immy]

It certainly is, good eye Bob. It reads "We Win When We Work Willingly" designed to promote the war effort. The V was styled after Winston Churchill's symbol for victory as well as the Roman numeral for 5.

A nice selection of finds Bob, keep it up!

 

[HobBob]

Thanks for the insightful post, Immy. Do you know if this coin has any numismatic value?
Thanks in advance and HH,
Bob

 

[Immy]

According to the May 29 issue of Coin World its value is $1 in extremely fine, $2 in the first grade of Mint State and $4 for the next highest grade.