1953 Henning Nickel (I Think I Got One)!

nickelsearcher,

I totally agree that pyrbob is the Forum's resident Henning expert. I probably never would have dug into them as deep as I did if I didn't pull a 1939 example during the nickel survey. I used to come across a number of 1953's and 1954's that look a lot like the OP's coin. I still have them; after reading the above and the old thread that nickelsearcher provided the link to I will have to check them over closely.

I also have the Stuckey book; a friend of mine in Minnesota that is a book collector found it for me a couple years ago. Wouldn't part with that book for anything!

Weight 4.9 g ! I dont think all the hennings are over 5 grams as we saw here before some under 5 g .
Im not sure if I have one btw !

Good point !
I searched a ton of nickels and amaze-me why I never found one 44 no mm on it ?! Or the one with the big classic hole ?! As I live in jersey !
Do you think thy go through th coin counter or its rejected ? I'm startint to think the coin counters separet them otherwise we jersey searchers would come by one more offen (just my guess)!

I saw probably most of pyrbobs Henning nickels at the Williamsport PA Coin show. He also had a 1943 mintmark nickel that was a fake but I don't recall if he said it is attributed to Henning. I only have 1 and it does NOT have a hole in the leg of the R and it is the most common 1944 no mint mark.
I think ( but am not sure ) that all of these Hennings were made from real blank US nickel planchets though, so they would be around 5 grams each which makes the weight a non factor in determining them as Hennings.
I certainly could be wrong. As for the 1953 photo in this thread by the OP, I think it could be a Henning. It has a certain look to it.I think that the Hennings, even if hardly circulated have an appearance of being XF/AU at best because the dies used were made by using a circulated nickel.