Canadian Victory Nickel

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Canadian Victory Nickel

Postby slvrbck » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:27 pm

So I was at the local bank today dumping some zincs. When the counter turned on a 1945 canadian victory nickel plopped into the reject tray along with a british penny and several other common canadians that must have been stuck in the machine. Im a nickel guy and have never found a canadian victory. Sounds like it is chrome plated steel, so nothing too special there, but I was wondering if anyone knew anything else about these and if it is a relatively rare find. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Canadian Victory Nickel

Postby NickelExpress » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:57 pm

Ive been sorting nickels for awhile (In Canada) I found my first victory nickel the other day. In circulation they are fairly rare. The 2005 version is common however.
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Re: Canadian Victory Nickel

Postby frugalcanuck » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:38 pm

A neat little tid bit I might add is there is morris code along the inside of the rim that reads "we win when we work willingly"

I have a roll of these. They are my most common king coin. I find them when rolling up my .999 Ni rejects because they stick out like a sore thumb.
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Re: Canadian Victory Nickel

Postby PreservingThePast » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:35 pm

frugalcanuck wrote:A neat little tid bit I might add is there is morris code along the inside of the rim that reads "we win when we work willingly"

I have a roll of these. They are my most common king coin. I find them when rolling up my .999 Ni rejects because they stick out like a sore thumb.


That's really interesting. Thanks for posting about it. I love learning something new. When I do, I figure a day hasn't been wasted.

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Re: Canadian Victory Nickel

Postby Know Common Cents » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:22 pm

Any you can find without rust are probably worth keeping. You're right in saying this and the war issues from almost every country are an interesting piece of history.

I do turn the rusty ones loose into circulation when I go to Canada. For many years I was buying bulk CDN coins at 60-70% of face. My sources have wised up now that the exchange rate has shifted in favor of Canada. No more great deals, but I still get a trickle now and then from relatives or from yard sales, etc.
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