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Rest in Peace
United States
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Very nice find! I have been looking for one of this date for my Henning collection. So far the only date I have besides the 1944 is a 1939. I think the value of this 1947 Henning is well over the $100 the first 2009 brought.
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 United States
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Thanks prybob. Do you have a picture of the obverse of your 1939? I would like to know if there are any diagnostics that would help in identifying this date. It would seem that all of them seem to have weak details and seem to be slightly porous. The 1944 is easy to identify because of the missing mint mark.
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Locked
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when I worked at a bank, if we got what we suspected was a counterfeit bill, we were obligated to keep it, tag it and send it off to the secret service. the person who passed it would be out that money unless it came back as genuine. but it usually would turn out to be counterfeit and the person would lose that money. I've been told by several bank employees that the most likely place to get a counterfeit bill is at your bank. If the tellers get caught with one in their drawer at the end of the day it comes out of their paycheck. So if they discover it during their shift, they give it right back out to a customer. |
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 United States
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It appears to me that you know what you are looking for ..... but here is a prior thread wvrichard that contains the best of the CCF knowledge on Henning diagnostics: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...PIC_ID=53117Plus .... a respectful tip of my cap to pyrbob who contributed most of the learnings in that prior thread and is without doubt the CCF King of Hennings! I'm still looking for my first Henning after 182,600 US nickels searched.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artEdited by nickelsearcher
05/13/2010 8:47 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Blahhh Blahh Blahhh, so how do you tell a henning w/ a normal reverse? Meaning w/o the whole in the "R"? I've got a picture to post of one if the site lets me... I just joined tonight! Read the thread earlier and figured I'd sign on too rattle cages!
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
OK the rattle woke me up. Where's the picture?
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
Still don't know how to post a pic, the coin is in a mint set (1944) w/o a P. With the glare was tough to get a good shot... Finally got one tho, how do I post?
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Moderator
Australia
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The posting pictures tutorial is here. New members are not only permitted, but encouraged to download pics of their coins. Many members find it too difficult or tedious to fit their image files into the somewhat restrictive forum download limits, and host their pics off-site, but if you can, download it by following the instructions in the link. Off-site pictures have a tendency to expire after a while, making archived threads useless. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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and had previously been arrested for counterfeiting $5 bills! And when they picked him up after he made the counterfeit nickels he was once again in the process of making plates to counterfeit $5 notes. Quote:
I don't think any grading services will grade Hennings. and supposedly they are obligated to turn them over to the secret service. None of the grading services turn submitted coins over to the Secret Service, even if they are counterfeit. Quote:
I've been in a store where a counterfeit BILL was passed, the clerk caught it, approached the person, gave it back to them and made them pay with another (the interesting thing to me was the counterfeit was RETURNED to the person that passed it...lol, I guess they didn't want to bother with the police, not for one bill) Well you have the problem that if the clerk kept it and contacted the police the note would be confiscated and the business would be out the money. If he tried to keep the counterfeit he probably would not have gotten the customer to pay for the purchase with another bill. And you have to consider the customer may not be the counterfeiter and he was merely stuck with the note as well. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
952 Posts |
Does this look like a Henning Nickel to you guys? A friend of mine sent it to me.....not the best pic as I can't tell if the are is looped or it's just a dark spot in the same place as the loop is on these coins. It's the best pic he could get. opinions?  Edited by mdh157
12/24/2010 9:48 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
It's not easy to tell, but I don't think this is a Henning. I don't see the hole in the are but more importantly the fields don't look rough enough. The fields on this coin look smooth. But better pics including a full shot of the reverse might change my mind.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
952 Posts |
i have a full shot - will try to load it into photobucket:  Edited by mdh157
12/24/2010 10:27 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
This is not a Henning. It has some steps on it. Henning's dies were made without fine detail so his coins look worn. The fields on his dies look porious. The edges of the letters on Henning nickels look mushy and are not sharp.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
952 Posts |
got it........thank you Pyrbob - which reminds me, I'll have to check out some of your coins if you plan on bringing them to the York show next time.
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
Sure, the York show is Saturday, April 9th. We are working on setting it up now. It's at the same location on route 30. Email me through here before the show to remind me.
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