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I've saved all my pre-60s for a while now and just went through them. I thought before I returned them to the wild I'd look for Hennings. I found this nice previous thread to know what to look for. I set aside the coins from 39, 46, 47, and 53 to look at. A total of only 50-60 coins. I think one of my coins is a match. 1. The hole in the leg of the 'R'. Not too dramatic in the pictures but easy to see when compared to the others and seems to be in the right spot. 2. The bottoms of 'God' and '1939' are not crisp like my other 1939s. The 'Five Cents' is also very mushy along with lack of detail of the building and other areas. 3. The coin weighs 5.33 grams. All of my other coins from those years weighed 4.82-5.03 grams, with most weighing 4.86-5.00. So this was well out of the normal range. I don't have a scope or a good magnifying glass so am not sure I can take any better pictures. For now I'm calling it a Henning unless someone here can talk me out of it. -wheatiefan   Edited by wheatiefan
05/13/2012 02:18 am
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Rest in Peace
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It looks like it to me. Could you get a better photo of the R in PLURIBUS?
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From what I see w/ the hole in the leg of the R in PLURIBUS & the rough surface on the coin, I would say yes. The experts will chime in.
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pyrbob is the CCF expert on these coins ... and contributed greatly to the discussion in the thread you referenced. I'm going with yes and congatulations to you ... unless pyrbob advises otherwise.  Great find ... I'm still looking for one. David |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Here is an example of a Henning Nickel that someone found. I'm more into cents, but saved this image for this discussion.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Congrats on your Henning find! It looks like the real deal to me.  Mind if I borrow these pictures (will full attribution, of course) for a section on Henning Nickels on The Black Cabinet? Edited by SteveCaruso
05/13/2012 3:44 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Congrats--I hope it proves to be one! Isn't it a little amazing these are still found in circulation, given how Henning circulated just 100,000?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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This has been one time consuming coin! I spent hours reading about it last night, then photographing it and getting the photos online and such. Today I borrowed a camera to try to get better pics and struck out. Then I tried the flatbed scanner and I think that's as good as we're going to get. Now I've made some composite pictures showing the suspect coin alongside a genuine nickel for comparison. If I only noticed the wear and spot in the 'R' I would have my suspicions and set it aside until later. What clinches the idea for me is that the weight was significantly higher than 100% of the other nickels. In all pictures the suspect counterfeit is on the left or the top, with a 1939 from circulation for comparison on the bottom or right.      -wheatiefan |
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there were allot more than 100,000 made, he dumped many in a few rivers around NJ from what I researched.
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Much better pics. Thank you. This is a Henning. My only reason for asking for a better pic of the R was because on the original pic the Hole in the R seemed to be open on the left side instead of closed all around. I had never seen this before and wanted a closer look. Congrats on a great find.
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