diggin through change

[fishin-fool]

Too cold and wet to get out today so decided to clean out the truck. Took all the change I found in the truck and took it in the house where it is warmer and looked through it. Found five silver nickles and a 1956 wheatie! I was suprised to say the least and I will take what I can get in this weather LOL

[l38ranger]

Hey get it any way you can...

[didijim]

way to go, sorry what years are silver nickels???? still very new at this,

by the way, my husband caught a 16 1/2 trout on MY pole the other day in the boat, it was real fun, my s/in/law almost fell in the water trying to net the things, funny funny

thanks

[fishin-fool]

hey didijim, the nickles aren't very old they were just old enough to be silver. two 1961 two 1962 and one 1963. The wheat penny was a 1956. That sounds like a great fishin trip with the 16 pound trout! I fished on a commercial boat with my dad when I was 16 yrs old out of newport, I really like that area you are in. Happy hunting! Hey I remember an abandoned drive in movie just south of the bridge at newport on the ocean side of the highway,have you had a chance to hunt it?

[shakakka]

Good idea, and I'm glad you had fun, but I'm pretty sure those aren't silver nickels...

If I remember correctly from my coin collecting days, silver nickels were issued during WWII (1939-1945?) and have giant-sized mintmarks over Monticello.

[fishin-fool]

yes you are correct shakakka, my mistake. I am new to this and was reading something about another coin that was silver from 1963 back.Oh well I still got a quart jar of change out of my truck, hey maybe I will take it to the bank and trade it in and use the cash to buy a coin ID book. LOL

[cjoej]

Your getting closer, on October 8, 1942 the alloy was changed to 56% copper, 9% maganesez and 35% silver to save nickel for war use. These were minted from 1942 thru 1945 and are easily identified by a large mint mark above the Monticello on the coins reverse. The 'P' (Philliadelphia) mint mark was used for the first time, to indicate alloy change.

CJoeJ

Checking the Red Book...

[cjoej]

Your getting closer, on October 8, 1942 the alloy was changed to 56% copper, 9% maganese and 35% silver to save nickel for war use. These were minted from 1942 thru 1945 and are easily identified by a large mint mark above the Monticello on the coins reverse. The 'P' (Philliadelphia) mint mark was used for the first time, to indicate alloy change.

CJoeJ

Checking the Red Book...

[shakakka]

Fishin' fool... I think the year you're lookin' for is 1964 (not 1963). Any quarters or dimes or half dollars you find that are 1964 or earlier... those are silver. 90% silver, I believe. Dollars too, of course.

[carolinachief]

Let me jump in here with a little info. To answer your questions, check out this link CoinFacts.com - The Internet Encyclopedia of U.S. Coins This should help you out on what you need to know. Happy Hunting.