WWII Era Coins

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WWII Era Coins Awards

• Two countrys nickels are changed
• The P-40 and C-46 are built near their border.

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The Year is 1942 and the USs involvement in WWII
isnow hot heavy after Pearl Harbor

• Part way through the year the US changes the
  composition of the nickel to an alloy that
  contains silver (35) to free up the nickel for
  production of SS and tank armor. With this new
  alloy a P mint mark shows up for the first
  time. The mint marks position also changed.

• Also part way through the year Canada pulls their
  nickel out of production and it was close to 100
  nickel to use the nickel for the same reasons.
  The new alloy for the Canadian 5 cent piece is
  called TOMBAC a brass alloy and is mostly copper.

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1942 US old new
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1943 US WAR Nickels
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Other changes in US 1940s money

• In 1943 copper was not used for the penny.
  Instead zinc plated steel planchets were used.
• Invasion currency was printed for Hawaii and
  North Africa.
• Experimental paper was trialed

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US Steel Penny

• Zinc Plated Steel
• One year only 1943
• 1944 Belgium 2 Franc Piece was made from the same
  planchets
• 1944 through 1946 melted down cartridge brass was
  used to mint the US pennies

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The same but different
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Hawaii Invasion Currency
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North African Invasion Currency
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Experimental paper Red R S
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1942 Canadian Nickel TOMBAC
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1943 Canadian Victory TOMBAC
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Code Added to Coin in 1943

• Morse Code (dots and dashes) around the rim of
  the reverse
• Starting near the N in CENTS and progressing
  clockwise
• We Win When We Work Willingly.

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Morse Code on 1943 5 nickels

• We Win When We Work Willingly
• W   .-- E   .
• W   .-- I   .. N   -.
• W   .-- H   .... E   . N   -.
• W   .-- E   .
• W   .-- O   --- R   .-. K   -.-
• W   .-- I   .. L   .-.. L   .-.. I   ..
  N   -. G   --. L .-.. Y   -.--

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Second Alloy Change now STEEL
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Post War Commemorative 2005
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NICKEL Commemorative 1951

• 200 Year anniversary of finding Nickel in Canada
• Ironic because the nickel was taken out of the
  nickel again right after this in 1951, 1952, 1953
  1954 due to the Korean conflict

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Criteria looked at for Award

• 1. excellence in quality and quantity,
• 2. overcoming production obstacles,
• 3. low rate of absenteeism,
• 4. avoidance of work stoppages,
• 5. maintenance of fair labor standards,
• 6. training of additional labor forces,

• 7. effective management,
• 8. records on accidents, health, sanitation and
  plant protection,
• 9. utilization of sub-contracting facilities,
• 10. cooperation between management and labor as
  it affected production and
• 11. conservation of critical and strategic
  materials.

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ARMY NAVY E Award Flag
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When a Plant Won more than once
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Each Employee got a PIN
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Pin on original card
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Reverse of card
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Reverse of a pin
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Different sizes

• Shown are 31mm and 24mm
• There are 21mm, 19mm, 18mm and 17mm also.

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Another type of Award Pin
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Still other types
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Even FOOD was a War Effort
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Pins made in Rochester, NY
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Navy E Award
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Some of these were made in Rochester too!!
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There were many other companies
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Curtiss Wright P-40 Warhawk
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P-40 WarHawk as a Flying Tiger
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Curtiss Wright C-46 Commando
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OVER the HUMP
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1942 Two new nickels Production awards