1944 nickel no mint Mark(counterfeit)

[cheech]

Pick this up yesterday with a bunch of other coins thought I'd share.An unofficial variety of the wartime coin dated 1944 was made in 1954 when counterfeit nickels were produced by Francis LeRoy Henning of Erial, New Jersey. He had previously been arrested for counterfeiting $5 bills.

The 1944 nickels were quickly spotted since Henning neglected to add the large mintmark of the Philidelphia mint (P). He also made counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1946, 1947 and 1953.

 

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[Turbo21]

Definitely a henning. If you look at the R in pluribis. It has a small hole in it. Which is another dead ringer for the henning

 

[Nitric]

Cool find! There is still thought to be a bunch of these buried somewhere....Interesting story when you dig into it!

 

[cheech]

Yeah I had no idea they even existed until yesterday when I noticed there wasn't a mint Mark so I started to research it.

 

[ivan salis]

to some folks their collectors items --but why in gods name nickles ? -- if your going to jail for counterfeiting --nickles really?

 

[diggummup]

Cool find! There is still thought to be a bunch of these buried somewhere....Interesting story when you dig into it!

Stalking the Cooper River for thousands of fake nickels - philly-archives

 

[against the wind]

Thanks Turbo,, I missed that info along the way. I have come across some silver looking nickels but forgot that there were counterfeits out there.
I'll be saving them from now on.

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Wow. I had never heard that before. Interesting read. And yes. What was he thinking?

I think the judge said it right....he had it going on....and he threw it all away....literally, lol.

When I find old stuff in my change, I save it of course. Mostly wheatback pennies....but next most common is old nickels.

So after reading all this I went and checked my haul for the past year or so. Just a couple of weeks ago I got a 1940-S in my change....and I have about 8 or 9 Jeffersons from the 40s and 50s...

But no counterfeits.

Dang.

 

[jerseyben]

Stalking the Cooper River for thousands of fake nickels - philly-archives

You know that is the same "Neil" from this site. I was there when that article was being "developed".

 

[JimDon]

Love it! I would luv to have one for my collection

 

[stefen]

Worth more than a War Nickle?

 

[rockdude]

Got one of those somewhere in my stuff. I'll look for it and post some photo's.

 

[rockdude]

Ok it's on this site Definitive Test for Henning Nickel? - Coin Community Forum - Page 2 under the usename rockdude

 

[jerseyben]

They are worth roughly $50 and are highly collectible.

 

[cheech]

I'll probably never come across another one so Its a keeper for my collection

 

[mojjax]

to some folks their collectors items --but why in gods name nickles ? -- if your going to jail for counterfeiting --nickles really?

I made nlckles when I was in the 5th grade . My Father was a plumber , I would make a mold with aluminum foil , I would use his torch to melt lead solder into the mold . I would sand down the the top to get the roughness out . The bottom had a perfect image of a Jefferson Nickel . I made several , maybe 5 . I sanded two down real thin , It was a ''tails'' coin - I glued them together . I won a lot of coin flipping with my friends til it hit the floor and split in two . Boy , I was banned from our flipping games . I don't think they had Super Glue back then .