1942 Nickel with no mint mark

[silversearcher9040]

Hello,
I found a 1942 nickel in change. It is dull gray. However, there is no mint mark over the Monticello. As I understand, this means it is not a silver nickel? (i.e. pre October 8, 1942)

I think regardless it's worth hanging onto since it's 70 years old and in pretty decent shape.

I assume it's one of the 1942 "Type 1" listed here? But what's the difference in the two? It looks like Type 1 just means there is no "P" mint mark.
http://www.pcgs.com/Prices/PriceGuideDetail.aspx?MS=1&PR=1&SP=1&c=84&title=Jefferson+Nickel

Thanks

 

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[baddbluff]

If there is no P, D, or S over the dome on the reverse, it is not silver. (unless its some super rare error missing the mintmark.) I keep all the nicks I find that are before 1960 and throw them in a giant Sunny D bottle. Some day they will be worth 6 cents.

HH
BB

 

[SilverFace]

like bb said only nics with the big mm above the dome are silver. In '42 they made P & S coins with the big mm's which are silver and the no mm and D 42's with the regular size mm at 3 o'clock near the rim are just regular copper/nickel nic's but still worth keepin'. The '42D's have a low mintage of just 13,938,000 too - but still not as good as finding a silver one though.

Good luck & HH!

 

[sagittarius98]

If there is no P, D, or S over the dome on the reverse, it is not silver. (unless its some super rare error missing the mintmark.) I keep all the nicks I find that are before 1960 and throw them in a giant Sunny D bottle. Some day they will be worth 6 cents.

HH
BB

They already are for melt value, however, it is illegal to melt them.

 

[MrSchulz]

Probably type I unless it is on a silver/manganese planchet with Type I strikes - ultra rare error? lol

 

[BuffaloBoy]

no silver if there is no large mint mark above the monticello. in 1942 they made:
1942(p)- no mintmark- non-silver
1942-d(small mintmark)- not silver, semi-key date
all the others that have the mintmark above the dome is silver.

 

[sagittarius98]

It could be a Henning nickel, but unlikely for 1942.