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Bedrock of the Community
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Okay, nickel fans, tell us about this:   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Post a close-up of where the MM should be please....
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Pillar of the Community
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The holed R is a dead giveaway. Nice Henning you have there--bought or found?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Congrats, Finn235, it is a Henning nickel - ie, a counterfeit produced (hilariously) when the faker happened to pick a warnick year for his cast forgeries, not knowing anything about the large reverse mintmark. It's a fascinating story = take a minute and Google it, worth the time.
Actually, I found it in the mid-60s in Philadelphia, where (as I dimly recall) the hoax originated.
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Nice find, even if it is a fifty year old one.  |
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Rest in Peace
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Very cool. I've kept my eyes open for one of these, but never found one. Strange how a known counterfeit can illicit such desire!
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Pillar of the Community
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First time I've heard of this, thanks for the info all!!
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Bedrock of the Community
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He actually made counterfeits for, I think, 4 or 5 different years, but this one of course is easy to spot, unlike the others. On the run and in a panic, he dumped an estimated 3-400,000 of them into rivers, including the Schuylkill. Only a small fraction were recovered.
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Rest in Peace
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Edited by bpoc1
07/07/2015 5:34 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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frank. I name this nickel frank.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice coin .. A good addition to any Jefferson collection.
I only have one ... but there are a couple members that
have a few. And one member that has more than I could guess.
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Well, I must be learning something, because I was going to say I'm pretty sure that's a Henning!
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks to CCF that's the first thing I looked for on the reverse was the hole in the R...I still want one of these love the story behind it
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Pillar of the Community
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That one's actually in pretty nice shape with almost full rims.
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Rest in Peace
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 I found two 44 Hennings in the late 60's. their still in my collection.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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The big question is, are all '44s without a mintmark a Henning nickel, or are there any known Greaser "pseudo-Hennings?" That would be a conversation starter coin to have! |
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Posted 07/07/2015 3:37 pm
