The only thing I'm going on is the finish of this nickel it looks very porous and it looks like Sandstone it also weighs 4.79 G exactly this is how it was described by the nickel experts took some really good pictures the r isn't looped there's no dot well they're kind of is a dot but it's very hard to pick up on the phone
I see a few pictures now. I can't help you though. I have a 44 no hole in the R and it is my only Henning. I know there are other dates but I know very little about them. I know mine is original as it came from an old bag of nickels long before they were so popular and expensive. I probably got mine in the mid 70's. Got it free when I got to look through a money bag of old coins a bartender let me mess with.
I've read and researched them for 48 hours now two days I think I'm on point with it it also has iron in it I just realized and it's rusting around the rim iron rust really easy I mean literally rust I've also talked to a few experts not on the 53 but the 44 you guys are very helpful on here
I know, right! Where's the darn Nickel guys when you need them? " O holy Nickel experts.... Please answer our request." Maybe they will come now to answer the question at hand??
You can search on Google : "Nickel belongs to the iron-cobalt group of metals. It forms an adherent oxide film that provides its corrosion resistance up to temperatures around 600°C. It's highly resistant to alkalis and most acids, however, it is attacked by oxidizing acids like nitric and by salt solutions containing oxidizing species". So If you have the chemicals and a safe lab, it can do things. About 40 years ago, I experimented on using chemicals ( dangerous so not mentioned) to etch away some of the surface of a US nickel to see a date too worn to identify. It worked, but I had taught chemistry already for many years. There are some clips on You-tube, but again only try it if you understand it and have safety equipment and safe way to dispose used chemicals. Your skin is worth much more than any coin. Jim
oh hell no no way bro sorry I'm going to an xfr tomorrow I'm trying to find it right now that's local but I'll find one trust me you'll hear all about it us Nichols have no iron in them zero
Sorry , I seem to have overestimated. The "Nickel belongs to the iron-cobalt group of metals." was a generic chemical comment referring to metals or other elements which shared a specific grouping of similar molecular bonding. here is the chart. https://www.wuwm.com/podcast/lake-effect-segments/periodic-table-of-the-elements-turns-150
You put the information up and are asking us to confirm. If you want me to examine something to a standard you need to make the standard available.
