wraped nickle not warped!!! found OPEN OR NOT???

[Chug And Red]

I found this in a bunch of stuff my brother gave me, I belive That there was a contest from a cereal manufacturer years ago that there was a rare coin in one of the boxes. Does anyone remember this

leave it or should i just open it to see


DONT SEE ANY MINT MARK

 

[jgas]

Don't open it....for Gods Sakes Man....at least until you figure it out. Never heard of such a game. What year is the nickle. Hard to tell if it's a War Nickle. Someone will chime in here, I hope. Very Interesting though. jgas

 

[Chug And Red]

the Head side is covered up

 

[dunc]

this is a pretty exciting thread. i know you shouldn't open it but i really want you to.

 

[Iron Patch]

"I finally found out were these nickels came from, Hershey put a nickel in the Payday candy bar, that was short lived because the nickel was actually stuck to the candy bar and due to health and sanitation reason they were forced to stop."

http://www.cointalk.com/t87979/


If that's correct, don't open it. It's a common coin so any potential value is being in the wrapper. That said, your package looks different so I'm not 100% convinced that's the answer. I still would not open it until I had an answer.... because it's going to be a common coin in there.

 

[DigginThePast]

I wouldn't open it. The only thing I can tell for certain from the photo is that it is a Jefferson Five Cent piece. With this series if no mint mark is visible on the reverse, then it is not a key date. Cool the way it is.

 

[AGCoinHunter]

Don't open it....for Gods Sakes Man....at least until you figure it out. Never heard of such a game. What year is the nickle. Hard to tell if it's a War Nickle. Someone will chime in here, I hope. Very Interesting though. jgas

If its a war nickel you will see the mint mark above the dome on the back.


Maybe Chug is refereing to the Cheerio sacagawea dollar that was in boxes in 2000?

http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page20c.html

 

[Letsgethammered]

Cherioos also gave away 2000p 1c's as well as the sac dollars , if hershey was giving away nickels its a safe bet thats what it is i reckon.

 

[Chug And Red]

UPDATE Iron Patch gave the correct answer It was from a payday candy bar promotion He referred me to another sight where some one there has several but not in the original cellophane wrap like mine!!!! Thanks every one for responding!!!!