Does anyone have one of the "other" dates of a Henning's Nickel?
MWallace
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Most numismatist are familiar with the Henning's 1944 "No P" counterfeit nickels. Many aren't aware that he also struck counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1946, 1947, and 1953". Here's a 1939 "Henning's Nickel" that I own. It has the evident loop in the "R" of "PLURIBUS".
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I be a lot of these are still in circulation, doing their duty as active coin of the realm!
Especially if he used more than one reverse die.
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I'll have to dig it out sometime.
Most numismatist are familiar with the Henning's 1944 "No P" counterfeit nickels. Many aren't aware that he also struck counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1946, 1947, and 1953". Here's a 1939 "Henning's Nickel" that I own. It has the evident loop in the "R" of "PLURIBUS".
there are many threads in the archives, with many pictures fwiw.
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All of the ones I owned came from buying bags of pre-1960 nickels.
They sold very quickly.
Sorry, no pics.
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