*** NO RESERVE *** THIS IS A GENUINE ELEVEN DIFFERENT COIN SET OF WORLD WAR II 1942 - 1945 35% SILVER FIVE CENTS COINS...COINS ARE UNIFORM ( MEANING ALL THE SAME GRADE AND SAME COLOR, NONE ARE CLEANED )....AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II, COPPER AND ESPECIALLY NICKEL WAS A CRITICAL METAL, NICKEL WAS COMPLETELY ELIMINATED....PRE WORLD WAR II FIVE CENT COINS CONSISTED OF .750 COPPER AND .250 NICKEL...WORLD WAR II FIVE CENT COINS CONSISTED OF .560 COPPER, .350 SILVER AND .090 MANGANESE...THIS SET INCLUDES A 1942 P-S, 1943 P-D-S, 1944 P-D-S AND 1945 P-D-S FIVE CENTS COINS...THE 1943-D IS THE LOWEST MINTAGE COIN WITH ONLY 15,294,000....THE 1943-P WAS THE HIGHEST MINTAGE COIN WITH 271,185,000 MINTED...THE 1944-S IS THE NEXT SCARCEST WITH ONLY 21,640,000.....THEY HAVE 35% SILVER AND HAVE A PURE SILVER CONTENT OF .05626 OZS EACH.....AT TODAYS. APRIL 25, 2008, SILVER SPOT OF $17.00 PER OZ, EACH COIN HAS A SILVER VALUE OF 96 CENTS...ALTHOUGH OVER 869 MILLION WERE MINTED, TONS WERE MELTED IN 1980 WHEN SILVER PEAKED OUT AT $48 PER OUNCE..THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT THE MINT MARK " P " FOR PHILADELPHIA WAS PLACED ON THE REVERSE....THE THREE DIFFERENTS MINTS, DENVER " D ", PHILADELPHIA " P " AND SAN FRANCISCO " S " WERE PLACED ON TOP OF THE MONTICELLO, WHICH WAS DIFFERENT THEN THE PREVIOUS PLACING TO THE RIGHT OF THE MONTICELLO....1946 FIVE CENTS COINS RETURNED TO THE PREVIOUS METAL COMPOSITION AND MINT MARK LOCATION.....THEY MAKE A NICE INTERESTING SET AND ARE COLLECTED BY EVERYONE AND ESPECIALLY COIN AND WORLD WAR II COLLECTORS....THEY ARE HOUSED IN A CARDBOARD HOLDER WITH SOFT PLASTIC OPEN END CASING ( NOTE THAT DURING SHIPMENT THE COINS WILL COME OUT THE HOLDER AND WILL HAVE TO BE PUT BACK IN )...
A GOOD PIECE OF WORLD WAR II HISTORY....A NICE SET OF FIVE CENTS HISTORY.......WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE NOVICE/ADVANCE COLLECTOR...ALSO GOOD FOR THE SHOW AND TELL STUDENT.......I PUT THE LARGEST PHOTO ALLOWED BY THIS AUCTION, NOTHING IS HIDDEN, WHAT YOU SEE IN PHOTOS IS WHAT YOU GET....THEY ARE A GREAT PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY...OVER 63 YEARS OLD.....PRICED TO SELL....
I WAS A SELLER ( SOUTHERN_GENTLEMAN_IN_DIXIE ) ON YAHOO AUCTIONS WITH A 1424 RATINGS, SINCE APRIL 1999.......I HAVE BEEN WITH EBAY ( DIXIELANDMAN ) SINCE OCTOBER 2000 WITH A 289 RATING.......I AM NOW A POWER SELLER WITH EBAY...
PLEASE READ MY NEW 2008 AUCTION RULES.....**** ADD $ 5.00 FOR POSTAGE/HANDLING/INSURANCE ( MANDATORY ) FOR THIS AUCTION ONLY.......NO EXCEPTIONS.................
PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 14 DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE....CONFIRMATION OF THIS WINNING BID IS REQUIRED WITHIN THREE DAYS OR YOU COULD BE REMOVED....THANKS FOR YOUR BIDS.....
**** PAYMENTS ARE ACCEPTED BY PAYPAL ( I AM A PREMIER MEMBER WITH PAYPAL ), MONEY ORDERS, CASHIERS CHECKS, ( ALL NEXT DAY MAILING ) AND PERSONAL CHECK.....ALL PERSONAL CHECKS HAVE A TEN DAY CLEARANCE, CHECKS MUST HAVE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER DISPLAYED ( NO EXCEPTIONS )......PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH......
* OUT OF COUNTRY ACCEPTED, HOWEVER, NO INSURANCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORDERS..SHIPPING IS AT YOUR OWN RISK..PAYMENTS MUST BE IN UNITED STATES FUNDS ONLY BY EITHER PAYPAL ( PAYPAL ADDRESS MUST BE ** CONFIRMED/VERIFIED ** IN ORDER TO PAY BY PAYPAL ), OR UNITED STATES POSTAL MONEY ORDER..PLEASE DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THESE TYPE PAYMENTS AND A " VERIFIED " PAYPAL ADDRESS..THIS AUCTION REQUIRES US $5.00 FOR POSTAGE/HANDLING..
Conditions of sale:
Delivery
Method:
Shipping after payment
Shipping costs:
Paid by the buyer
Places:
Seller's country, Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Oceania
Payment
Postal money order, Domestic check (seller's country), Paypal
Guarantee
Money back if not satisfied
Shipping and handling:
***** PLEASE READ MY NEW 2008 AUCTION RULES.....**** ADD $ 5.00 FOR POSTAGE/HANDLING/INSURANCE ( MANDATORY ) FOR THIS AUCTION ONLY.......PLEASE, NO EXCEPTIONS.........
**** PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 14 DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE....CONFIRMATION OF THIS WINNING BID IS REQUIRED WITHIN THREE DAYS OR YOU COULD BE REMOVED....THANKS FOR YOUR BIDS.....
*** PAYMENTS ARE ACCEPTED BY PAYPAL ( I AM A PREMIER MEMBER WITH PAYPAL ), MONEY ORDERS, CASHIERS CHECKS, ( ALL NEXT DAY MAILING ) AND PERSONAL CHECK.....ALL PERSONAL CHECKS HAVE A TEN DAY CLEARANCE, CHECKS MUST HAVE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER DISPLAYED ( NO EXCEPTIONS )......PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH......
** THERE ARE " NO " MULTIPLE AUCTIONS ON ITEMS STARTING AT 99 CENTS, POSTAGE/HANDLING/INSURANCE ON ITEMS ARE AS STATED IN DESCRIPTION ( PLEASE NO EXCEPTIONS ).......THIS ITEM STARTS AT 99 CENTS...
* OUT OF COUNTRY ACCEPTED, HOWEVER, NO INSURANCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORDERS..SHIPPING IS AT YOUR OWN RISK..PAYMENTS MUST BE IN UNITED STATES FUNDS ONLY BY EITHER PAYPAL ( PAYPAL ADDRESS MUST BE ** CONFIRMED/VERIFIED ** IN ORDER TO PAY BY PAYPAL ), OR UNITED STATES POSTAL MONEY ORDER..PLEASE DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THESE TYPE PAYMENTS AND A " VERIFIED " PAYPAL ADDRESS..THIS AUCTION REQUIRES US $5.00 FOR POSTAGE/HANDLING..THERE ARE " NO " MULTIPLE AUCTIONS ON ITEMS STARTING AT 99 CENTS, POSTAGE/HANDLING/INSURANCE ON ITEMS ARE AS STATED IN DESCRIPTION....THIS ITEM STARTS AT 99 CENTS..