Silver nickel Slang for Wartime nickel.
silver-clad Term to indicate a Kennedy half dollar struck from 1965 to 1970, whose overall content is 40 percent silver and 60 percent copper.
Silver nickel
Slang for Wartime nickel.
Silver Plug
On certain early American coins, a silver plug was inserted into a hole in the center of the coin, which was then flattened out when the coin was struck.
Silver nickel
Synonym for Wartime nickel.
Silver-clad
A coin whose overall metal makeup is 40% silver and 60% copper. Kennedy half dollars (struck from 1965 until 1970) are silver-clad halves.
In 1946, after the silver nickels, the mintmark was restored to the right of Monticello.
Silver war time Jefferson nickels 1942-1945 are easily recognized by the large mint mark "P" "D" or "S" above the dome on Monticello.
To distinguish these "wartime silver nickels"
from normal issues, a large mintmark was placed on the reverse of the coin just
above the dome of Monticello; "D" for Denver, "S" for San Francisco and "P" for
Philadelphia.
We specialize in buying and selling high quality gold, silver nickel and copper coins which were minted in the United States between 1792 and 1950.
An example of a short set would be the complete collection of 11 silver nickels issued during World War II.
 See also: Silver, Nickel, Collection, Coin, Collector
  
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