Coins of my father's: nickels

in #coins7 years ago (edited)

Continuation from: https://steemit.com/coins/@kinglouisxxviii/coins-of-my-father-s-pennies

The set of nickels I have is almost complete up to 2008 but I have family in Canada working on locating the newer ones that I don't have to at least get the set current.

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Canadian nickels, 1922-2008

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1922-1943

The older 2 that are missing (1925 & 1926) are fairly pricey at $100 & $200 so it may be a while before I get those. The regular 1942 nickel is also missing.

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1942-1943 tombac nickels

These two were made of a copper-zinc alloy during World War 2

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1944-1965

The nickels from 1951-1954 were minted with a steel plating during the Korean War.

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1966-1989

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Canadian Centennial commemorative edition, similar to the dove from the pennies book

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1990-2008

Missing nickels
1925
1926 near
1942
2009-2017