1942-P War Nickel

Legacy ColCon description (source information; not independently verified): Mintage 57,900,600. The composition of War Nickels is 35% silver, 56% copper and 9% manganese. A War Nickel weighs 5.0000 grams, therefore the silver content is 1.7500 grams, or 0.0563 Troy ounces.

Connections

Produced by
United States Mint

Material construction

Homogeneous specification; not a specimen assay or condition assessment.

Whole object
56% copper · 9% manganese · 35% silver
Nominal mass composition of the whole object; not a specimen assay.

s.2

Thickness

Approximately 1.98 mm — Type/design specification

Approximate reported value; no tolerance or exact range is established.

s.1

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Sources

  1. s.1 — U.S. Mint Annual Report FY1971 (GPO, 1972)

    p.312 Previous issues outstanding, silver-alloy 5 cents (PDF324); p.311 Thickness (PDF323); p.8/Table VI Mint1978 history:1942–45; reported average

  2. s.2 — U.S. Mint, Domestic and Foreign Coins 1793–1976 (GPO, 1978)

    p.8/Table VI, wartime 5-cent row and note2; PDF16