First ever coinstar find 1943 P war nickel!

inspectorgadget

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Jul 14, 2012
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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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Scrappy

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There's something special about a war nick

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

tokameel

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

MLively

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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

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Cool

Take it where ever you can get it.
 

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