Are counterfeit warnickels valuble?
bronco2078
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I was in my local coin shop the other day and the dealer showed me a 1944 Jefferson nickel that didn't the typical large mint mark on the reverse
He said it weighed a little on the heavy side .
How rare are those ? Is it worth trying to buy from him or just a curiosity ?
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They are very interesting!
The 1944's tend to go for 15-30 bucks.
i had one of those a long time ago... they're interesting
You can do a search here for "Henning" and see lots of
threads, including this one...
Just One Henning Nickel Thread
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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Fill me in more as I have had this in my holdings for 20 years as you can see and picked it up from my local dealer for I`m thinking 50 cents or $1.00.
Did I "do good" by buying a counterfeit?
<< <i>Henning's are worth anywhere from $15-$80 each, there are other dates also. >>
The other dates are 1939, 1946, 1947, 1953, and another date, which I think might be 1940. The other dates are worth around $200 each.
An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.
Monday I'll have to go down and see if he wants to sell it if the hurricane doesn't shut him down, his store is located right on the water.
He wasn't pushing it at all , he said it just came in so maybe he hasn't decided what he wants for it of if hes going to keep it.
<< <i>You know, I don't really want to open a can of worms here, but how can the government go after a legally struck (and arguably legally released) coin like the 1933 Saint when they don't care about the existence and trade of blatantly and provably counterfeit coins like the Henning nickel? >>
Oh they care-If you try to spend one. And the guy (Henning) was arrested. They generally though do not bother collectors of contemporary counterfeits even though they have to power to confiscate them at will. The government can and does make up any rules it wants.
edited to add--This is the coin that got him in hot water..no mint mark on a 1944 nickel. These may never have been discovered if it weren't for the 1944.
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<< <i>Henning's are worth anywhere from $15-$80 each, there are other dates also. >>
The other dates are 1939, 1946, 1947, 1953, and another date, which I think might be 1940. The other dates are worth around $200 each. >>
I kept a BST thread bumped for a month offering 200 each for the other dates.
Response: Cricket noises.
edit to say: bumped for 4 months
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
<< <i>The other dates are 1939, 1946, 1947, 1953, and another date, which I think might be 1940. The other dates are worth around $200 each. >> >>
Anyone have any photos of the other dates?
The 1944 was the giveaway, because he missed the large mintmark on the back. But what makes all of the dates of the counterfeits different is the little divot on the R in Pluribus on the reverse of the coin - they all have that same curious R.
And circulate they did, sometimes for a long time.
<< <i>You know, I don't really want to open a can of worms here, but how can the government go after a legally struck (and arguably legally released) coin like the 1933 Saint when they don't care about the existence and trade of blatantly and provably counterfeit coins like the Henning nickel? >>
Perhaps because they are ..... Nickels?
<< <i>I've never had an interest in owning this......what's the point? >>
It has an interesting story.
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<< <i>I've never had an interest in owning this......what's the point? >>
It has an interesting story. >>
They are an integral part of the story of American coinage, a well known instance of someone forging a low value coin in quantity and not at any sense of profit; for the apparent thrill of doing it.