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I found a 1945 Nickel with no mint mark, I can't see it anywhere on there. I did some research on the Henning Nickels, and found no reference to a 1945. So I'm posting some pictures here in the hopes that someone can figure out this mystery.    |
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@dal, first welcome to CCF. Second, this prior CCF thread has a bunch of information about Henning nickels. I don't really see the hole in the letter R so agree that getting a weight will be important. http://goccf.com/t/53117"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Thank you for the Feedback, I don't have a small enough scale. I'm going to pickup a smaller scale (I should have one anyway) to make sure. From what I'm seeing the Henning will come in somewhere around 5.2 to 5.4?
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There looks to be a incuse rectangular shaped area where the mint mark should be. That along with the gouges in the same area has me wondering if the mint mark might have been removed.
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Sure would worry me. A fake of a fake!
Edited by Coinfrog
06/16/2020 2:40 pm
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How about the color in hand you should be able to tell a Nickel composition from a Silver one . Nick , I don't believe one would remove the MM to make a Henning .  |
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Ok so. I just weighed it, its coming in at around 4.9 Grams. I weighed a few other War Nickels as a control, they are the same. The color does have the same Silver"ish" look to it as the other War Nickels I have. Another thing you can notice on the Image is the missing "O" and partial "L" in Monticello. I've been looking up close with the USB scope, and can't see any evidence of scratching of buffing where the mint mark should be |
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IMO it looks like metal movement from the LU in Pluribis all the way to the right edge of the coin.
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agree with nfine, those lines around where the MM should be suggest the MM was removed
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Someone call Peter Falk ( Columbo ) to find out what happened to the MM .  |
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The sad part is that the fakes are worth more than the real nickels. (?) This looks like someone removed the mintmark to make it look like a fake?
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06/16/2020 8:56 pm
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Lettering is too sharp to be a Henning as well.
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