First ever coinstar find 1943 P war nickel!

[inspectorgadget]

I was leaving Walmart after grabbing just a few things & while passing the coinstar machine I noticed a dark colored coin sticking out from under the machine. Looked like a penny in color from a distance but it looked the size of a nickel. I picked it up & without checking the date I knew I picked up a war nickel. Yup a 1943 P with a nice dark patina. I've read a lot of people making these finds but this is my first!

 

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[coinsareawesome]

Nice! Whenever I go to the bank and cash in coins I check the ATM. You never know what you would find!

 

[Scrappy]

There's something special about a war nick

-Lady Liberty is hot stuff...especially on a coin

 

[coinsareawesome]

Probably because it is mostly silver and all the others are copper-nickel.

 

[tokameel]

They were 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese. But still cool and worth about a buck+

 

[MLively]

Nice! Whenever I go to the bank and cash in coins I check the ATM. You never know what you would find!

I am an eye witness to a young 7 yr old finding a $20 that was left behind from the previous ATM user. She ran off with it to show her mom that was standing in line at the grocery store

 

[Davers]

Cool

Take it where ever you can get it.