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New Member
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Lucky find, I purchased a lot of nickels and this was one of them. I was very confused when I found a 1944 with no MM so I looked it up and found the history of Mr. Henning. Very interesting.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
Wow great find!
Very unique piece of history! Been hoping to stumble across one myself
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New Member
 United States
18 Posts |
Thanks CGCoins! Any idea how many (potentially) are in circulation?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What's the story of this coin and Mr.Henning.
Was he contracted as a private mint during the war?
Feel free to call me Will.
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 Australia
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No, a post-war counterfeiter. Article. 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Was he contracted as a private mint during the war? Nope, he was a counterfeiter and made counterfeit nickles. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since when is a person famous for faking nickels. Did the feds ever catch up to him?
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Canada
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Thanks everyone.
Feel free to call me Will.
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United States
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Very nice find!  Quote:
Since when is a person famous for faking nickels. Did the feds ever catch up to him? Read the link Sap posted. Quote:
When caught, Henning was sentenced to 3 years in jail, and had to pay a $5,000 fine. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are you sure it isn't just a weekly struck mint mark from a worn die?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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sry Jbuck, I was looking at it on my school computer and the link was blocked. I am now on my home computer and I read it. Very interesting...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Now I'm going to have to go through all my nickels from CRH, I forgot all about those! One question though, do all of the years that he counterfeit these nickels have the looped "R"? Great find! By the way,  Edited by Jaymon74
01/30/2014 6:15 pm
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United States
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Congratulations on the find ... this appears to be indeed a Henning 1944 counterfeit Jefferson. We have had many show up here at the CCF ... and the same questions being posed now are always asked ... Back in late 2009 there were several that made an appearance ... and the following thread summarizes quite well IMHO our (then) experts views on the Henning nickels: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...PIC_ID=53117Congratulations again on the find ... I have never found one at 304,800 nickels searched ... perhaps someday. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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Ussually around $50 to $75 each
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New Member
United States
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Thanks everyone!  I appreciate all the info. I am new to CRH and it's awesome to know there are so many knowledgeable people here. |
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Posted 01/30/2014 4:25 pm
