1944 Henning Nickels

Lalans

Henning is stated as having used a Monel alloy of 79.1% copper, 20.5% nickel, 0.4% iron. I recently had an early die state 1944 Henning (normal bar base on left leg of R, weight 5.0 grams) tested with a Thermo Specrtrometer and it was very close to this stated Monel alloy consisting of 79.1 copper, 20.8% nickel, 0.1% iron. Does anyone know of more about early die state Hennings?

lasvegasteddy

welcome to the forums
what a 1st post...dropping in with a question on henning nickels
i'm still surprised they're legal to own

mingot

Hiya, sorry I don't have any information for you, but I would love to see a picture.

I have both types (looped and no looped R) and was always interested in what the deal was with the non-looped.

JamesM

<< <i>welcome to the forums
what a 1st post...dropping in with a question on henning nickels
i'm still surprised they're legal to own >>



i was impressed by the use of a "Thermo Specrtrometer"

Lalans

Sorry for the very delayed reply. What are the dates of your Hennings?

Hyperion

Odd coincidence in timing??

Philly Inquirer piece on Detecting for Henning Nickels....

JamesMurray

Id read that this morning Hyperion , came away thinking if it's reasonable to think any nickels thrown to the river are a rusted blob now in 2012 why would anyone spend hours in discomfort looking for the same ? I wonder if he's actually looking for something else.

Lalans

Thanks for letting me know about this article. Have never seen these photos.

LeeBone

My Henning Nickel...

ebaybuyer

here is a good read, relating to henning nickels and other early counterfeits, subsection d. is quite clear, we already know that henning made his nickels prior to the enactment of the law


http://www.apic.us/Resources/HobbyProtectionAct/tabid/261/Default.aspx

mingot

<< <i>here is a good read, relating to henning nickels and other early counterfeits, subsection d. is quite clear, we already know that henning made his nickels prior to the enactment of the law


http://www.apic.us/Resources/HobbyProtectionAct/tabid/261/Default.aspx >>



I love it! It makes collecting these a little bit edgy!