The more prominent the error, the higher the coin’s value becomes. The 1942 Jefferson nickel has a face value of 5 cents. The cupronickel variety has a melt value of $0.0672, while the silver ...

While most of the coinage one encounters in everyday life is worth only face value — and some its value in silver, as is the case for silver war nickels minted between 1942 and 1945, according ...