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**From Wikipedia**Wartime nickels:
From mid-1942 to 1945, so-called Wartime composition nickels were created. These coins are 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese.[3] The only other U.S. coins to use manganese are the Sacagawea and presidential dollars. These coins are usually a bit darker than regular nickels, said to be due to their manganese content (as was true of many British coins minted from 1920 through 1947). However, carefully protected proof sets of these coins are difficult to tell from the standard alloy.
This was a rare catch for me. Nearly as rare as the Indian Head penny! I believe this was found in circulation... cant really be sure because half my mind doesn't want to settle on where or when I got it... half thinks it might've come from my granny's collection but the other half thinks it was in circulation lol!
Needless to say that this is one of quite a few coins that were made in response to wartime need. The nickel as far as I have read is one of a few coins we've made that was not produced durring any other period with Silver in it.
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