1889 V Nickel & Lowest Mintage Mercury Dime from the 1940's

JdsCoins

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Did 2 very long hunts today & yesterday with friend from youtube that happened to be in my area (He's from Michigan) I don't have pictures of his finds (they're in my YT videos) but he found a 1920 merc in VF and a 1945 merc today. :)

My first day I found the 1940-D merc, which was needed for my dug date collection. That sure has been a stickler to find! And I'll be darn I found another clad Kennedy. :lol:

Found 9 wheats total between the 2 days, oldest being a 1925.

Got an 1889 V nickel today, my first of the year, and I only dug 1 all of last year. LOL. The reverse is toast. The wart on the last digit made it look like an 1885 at first. I about had a heart attack :shocked04: But I can still dream of the day I do find an 1885 or 1886.

And also did get a 1952 Jefferson nickel at the V nickel spot. It was a small park by an old, tiny brick school. (Most of the high tones were picked out) My buddy found a 1954 nickel there. :)
 

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Congrats on filling a slot in your collection. V nickels rarely hold up around here. I've found an '86 but never an '85. Wish they were made of silver instead of copper/nickel :lol:
 
Congrats on filling a slot in your collection. V nickels rarely hold up around here. I've found an '86 but never an '85. Wish they were made of silver instead of copper/nickel :lol:

Silver V nickels. I can picture that. Those would look SWEET. :smitten:
 
Congrats on filling a slot in your collection. V nickels rarely hold up around here. I've found an '86 but never an '85. Wish they were made of silver instead of copper/nickel :lol:

and well. I have silver V nickels. Except they're only 1 gram of silver and not quite real. :hystericallaugh:

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Great score on the merc and V :thumbsup01: My rarest V nickel is the 1885, I've got it stashed in a small box with a few small gold pieces in with it, I just had to figure out what I did with it so when I found it I decided to take a pic of it.

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:congrats:on filling that missing merc hole in your dug collection. As stated earlier V's rarely hold up here. Well you tied last years V's, hope you can get a couple more. Two years ago I got 3 in one hole.
 

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