Another Milestone: Henning Nickel

[Yinzi50]

After more than 486 boxes of nickels, I finally found
my first Henning Nickel! It weighs 5.2 gram. The
Letter R on the reverse has the chracteristic loop. HH

 

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[SilverFace]

Very cool. Congrats on another great nickel find and good eye too!

 

[CoinHusker]

Wow, thanks to your find I have learned something new to look for. Interesting story behind it too. Really cool find!!!!

 

[vpnavy]

Great find! Thanks for sharing...

 

[BuffaloBoy]

That's very cool!

 

[TheMastermind]

Nice!

 

[SanMartian]

Sweet! Those have to be pretty rare. Any idea of a dollar value for something like that?

 

[ERobertson]

Neat !

I will have to do my homework on this type.

HH !

 

[PullTabPete]

Very cool find. I never heard of these before. I'll have go check my older nickels and see if I have any.

Pete

 

[Chillydog]

Is it special because it is made of a different metal?

 

[georgia boy]

Is it special because it is made of a different metal?

it's a counterfeit nickel

 

[Yinzi50]

The dollar value would be $100. There aren't many on the eBay at all.

The guy, Henning, counterfeited many thousand
back in 1954. You can google the whole story.

 

[Twitch]

Henning nickel is, in my opinion, on the Mt Rushmore of CRH finds. Very nice.

 

[SilverFace]

I need to do my research on this as well. Is the unusual R lettering on reverse of '46 Henning nickels on other date Henning nickels as well?

 

[Diver_Down]

Henning nickel is, in my opinion, on the Mt Rushmore of CRH finds. Very nice.

I agree. Fantastic find Yinzi. Congratulations.

 

[Yinzi50]

I need to do my research on this as well. Is the unusual R lettering on reverse of '46 Henning nickels on other date Henning nickels as well?

As far as I know, the looped "R" on reverse is on 39, 46, 47, and 53. But not every Henning Nickel has a looped "R". Of course, most people know about the no "P" 44 Henning.

 

[dreamboxvip]

Found thousands of 1946 nickels, never checked any for the error. Big mistake on my part.

 

[Argentium]

I think a "Hobo Nickel" would be the "holy grail" of possible finds in the nickel denomination (1913 V is not happening !)

 

[dreamboxvip]

I once found a solid roll of vnickels. It had 1910s wrote on the outside.. i was thinking, please have a 1913 in here haha. I found 6 of the 1912p.. not even the s mint unfortunately.

 

[Yinzi50]

I think a "Hobo Nickel" would be the "holy grail" of possible finds in the nickel denomination (1913 V is not happening !)

It is undisputable that "Hobo Nickel" is a form of art. But it is not a Nickel anymore because you can not spend or deposit in the bank. Even though you have to pay $25 to order one. So I think the "holy grail" of Nickel CRH still is 1913 V.