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Is this a Henning Nickel?

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DWLange

DWLange

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The photos are too indistinct to make any determination. 1953 was one of the several dates that Henning replicated with a single reverse die. This reverse has a void in letter R of PLURIBUS that appears on each coin.

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Coindude

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I believe the Henning nickels were of war nickels? Particularly 1944? And the easiest way to tell is that it does not have the mint mark above the dome on the reverse. I have one and it's mushier than a normal strike. So, I would have to say no.

 

Also, if would help if you could crop down the photos. At first I was going to say it looks like it's blue cloth, not a nickel!! lol

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richbeat

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Agree with David. I do believe that there are some Henning nickels that do not have the faulty "R," but whether that applies just to the 1944 date or not, I do not know. :)

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Conder101

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All the hennings I have seen have had a mushy strike and that doesn't appear to be the case here. Henning did use several reverse dies and only one of them had the void in the R.

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