Who needed pictures of a Henning Nickel?

[Coindude]

Just ran across mine when cleaning some stuff up. It's currently in a 2x2, so if you need better pictures of one in this grade, let me know and I'll take it out of the cardboard 2x2.

[AegisIII]

Here's another so we can have two different views.

[michael]

thanks great looking fakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i would not even give these coins a second look if i was searching and found one!

 

they are really convincing

 

are there any obvious markers which are easy to tell on henning nicks???

 

 

thanks!

[lehigh96]

thanks great looking fakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i would not even give these coins a second look if i was searching and found one!

 

they are really convincing

 

are there any obvious markers which are easy to tell on henning nicks???

 

 

thanks!

 

Michael,

 

The diagnostic for the Henning Nickel is as follows (courtesy of PCGS THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO COIN GRADING AND COUNTERFEIT DETECTION).

 

On 1944 fakes, a sizable hole appears in the center of the vertical upright of the R in PLURIBUS. Being cost conscious, the counterfeiter used this same defective reverse die in making fake nickels of other date

[James_OldeTowne]

There is no mintmark above the dome, as there would be or a genuine war nickel.

[Conder101]

Also neither of those two Hennings come from the reverse die with the defective R. Henning used at least two different reverse dies to strike his 1944's, one with the defective R and one without it. I believe the defective die was the more common one.

[johnny9434]

coool info, condor thanks for the input

[Coindude]

Here's a closeup of the "PLURIBUS". I think it might be the defective R. Kind of small, but I think it's there.

[michael]

thanks guys great information

 

great set of people we got on these here boards

[Coindude]

After looking at other Henning Nickels, the one I posted does not have the defective R. Condor was absolutely right, why would I ever question his expertise!! Here's a picture of a nickel, not mine, with the defective R.

[AegisIII]

Mine does have a defective R, though admittedly it does not show up well in the scan.