1943-P Jefferson Nickel--Struck on a Zinc-Coated Steel Cent Planchet--MS-63 (PCGS).An originally preserved example, both sides exhibit ruddy pewter gray, pale gold and powder blue patina that is most vivid when observed with the aid of direct lighting. The strike is flush to the left border on both sides, the right peripheral devices mostly off the planchet, but the base of all four digits in the date discernible to support PCGSs 1943 attribution. Those design elements that are fully present are sharp, and the eye appeal is strong. Associated by date with the famous 1943 bronze Lincoln cents, this wrong planchet error is also desirable due to the brevity of the Wartime Silver Alloy Jefferson nickel series of 1942 to 1945.From the John Whitney Walter Collection.
