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I have been collecting Henning nickels for several years now. I currently have 21 of them. 12 have the hole in the R of Pluribus on the reverse as pictured in a previous thread and 9 do not and look normal. Henning claims to have made 6 different reverse dies to go with the 6 different obverse dies. But the hole in the R seems to be the most common. I have been roll hunting Jeffersons for years and keep all nickels 1958 and before. I store them in solid circulated rolls. When I first heard the Henning story I checked all of my 1939, 1946, 1947 and 1953 nickels for the hole in the R. I actually found a 1939. I took the coin to the ANA summer seminar two summers ago and was told it certainly looked like a Henning nickel. So these can be found in other dates using this diagnostic. I also have a friend who is a dealer and he had a 1946 Henning nickel with this reverse about 4 years ago and sold it at a Baltimore Coin Show. I asked him what it was worth and he said a guy looked at it at the show and asked how much for the nickel. The dealer didn't know what it was worth and just said $175. The man paid it and left with the nickel. My dealer friend told me "All I can tell you is it must be worth at least $175." I think this is a fascinating nickel and alot of collectors don't even know about it. The fact that they still circulate in dates other than 1944 and the hole in the R is the only way to currently tell them apart adds to the story.
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