11 MS war nickels in a Capitol holder produce 4 varieties.

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11 MS war nickels in a Capitol holder produce 4 varieties.

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11 MS war nickels in a Capitol holder produce 4 varieties.
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I haven't really collected Jefferson nickels since the '70's and then, only from pocket change. Too much MD and "false" varieties tax my eyes and limited knowledge now-a-days. But I got this set a few weekends back because they were complete, MS and in a Capitol holder. I thought "Why not!"
I was very pleasantly surprised to find 4 varieties in the group. Unfortunately it also looks like a yellow tint in some areas from finger prints(?).
(The following list has the stages as best I can determine, so any assistance as I post each one individually over the next week or so will be greatly appreciated.)
I believe the four varieties are:
1942s DDO-001 Stage A
1944s DDO-002 Stage A
1945d RPM-010 Stage B

1944d DDO- (?) - Doesn't seem to match any on VV. This one seems to be an RPM also but even though the doubling is similar to DDO-003 the MM placement is different and the die crack marker on the dome se
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interesting. Would love to see some up close images if possible. Cool

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Yellow/gold is a normal tone direction for nickel.
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Thanks for the info everyone. (Daniel, your video on Jefferson full steps was just in time last week.)
And I've got the images on my PC. Now just to find the time to post.

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Good to hear!

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