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American Historic Society WWII 17 Piece Coin Collection

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American Historic Society WWII 17 Piece Coin Collection
World War II was a time of upheaval for all Americans and their government. Both on the battlefield and the home front sacrifice were made. This collection of seventeen genuine U.S. mint coins from the war years are excellent examples of what changes we needed to make in order to win the war.The three penny were made from steel, instead of their normal copper so that the government could preserve their resources of copper to make shell cases. The four nickels are made from silver, instead of their normal nickel because we needed our supplies of nickel for wartime manufacturing. In addition you have five examples of silver dimes and silver quarters, one from each year of the war: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945.The dates are as follows:1943- P, D, & S Wartime Steel Pennies1942-S, 1943-S, 1944-S, and 1945-S Silver Jefferson War Nickels1941-1945 Silver Mercury Dimes1941-1945 Silver Washington QuartersCertificate of Authenticity is from the American Historic Society