1946 Henning Nickel? Showing The Markers And Weighs In At 5.04 Gr.

Even without the looped R, it doesn't seem to have the softness in detail of the devices that you would expect with a Henning.

not a Henning .

OK, thank you all for the feedback, I learned more, and will keep on looking!

TNG, I had thought the same thing. Isn't that another key identifier?

I don't know if this is any help? https://medium.com/collectibles-his...d19fecdb2d99 A nice short article.

1939, 1944, 1946, 1947 and 1953 and maybe another.

From others, if I want to find one of these, the "R" is the easiest ID. But now we have a counterfeit/counterfeit?

An interesting and amusing tale. Now instead of tossing those bad strikes and worn out Jeffersons, into the piggy bank to take to the coin sorter... I'm going to have to look at them? Poor strikes and soft.

Does anyone have an example image of the raised dots 'pimples' inside the "M" of "UNUM" I searched a bit and didn't see one.

This does make me wonder why someone would spend the time making six dies and buying blanks, when they probably cost as much to make as a real Nickel. Then the other part. Someone talented enough (if that's the word) to go through all that trouble, didn't know that 1944 no mint mark was going to attract attention?

Not a Henning Nickel. None of LeRoy Henning's dies had mint marks. He got caught when he exchanged a bunch of 1944 nickels at a bank that didn't have mint marks. All 1944 nickels had mint marks (P, D, or S) above the dome.
Check out this link on Err-Ref for more info.
http://www.error-ref.com/henning-co...feit-nickel/

to the CCF!

Here's an article about Henning and his counterfeits from 'Weird New Jersey,' a magazine of the strange stuff that goes on here. https://www.courierpostonline.com/s...it/26070351/