War Nickel Mint Mark

Ribbit,
It would take someone to look at it in person but it could be struck through grease, or the mintmark could have been removed after it was minted. The Henning nickels seem to sell for a nice bit of $$ so I can see how it would be worth it to take 1944 nickels and remove the mintmark.

Speedy

 

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So someone tok the trouble to remove the mint mark on a 1944-(PDS) non-silver nickel? :hammer:

Ribbit :smile

 

Sure....
Take a look at what a Henning nickel sells for...and what a normal 1944-PDS sells for. It would be well worth it to remove a mintmark and then sell it again. Most people don't know what to look for when it comes to the die markers of a Henning nickel. They think as long as the mintmark is gone its the "real" (or should I say fake) deal!

Speedy

 

Maybe you don't realize that the United States Mint did not mint non-silver nickels in 1944?????? A non-silver mint marked nickel would fetch a whole lot more than a henning nickel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hammer:


Ribbit,
Toad :smile

 

I have a question???

How many different 1944-P no P non-silver nickels (other than Henning nickels) are known and how many different counterfeiters were involved?

I haven't heard of anyone else counterfeiting 1944 nickels (non-silver), other than Henning.

Ribbit,
Toad :smile

 

How much do Henning nickels sell for?

Ribbit :smile

 

Ribbit you could check the weight of the coin. A genuine 1944 nickel weight is 5 grams and a Henning counterfeit nickel weight is 5.4 grams. That's a start.

Lou

 

Dang! Now I gotta buy a scale?

Give me a few days and I will get a scale. I've been thinking of getting one, so now I have a good reason.

Ribbit :smile

 

Why not just go to a jewelry store and ask them to weight it.

Lou

 

uh, yeah, I knew that. But since weight has not been posted, I'm not sure it isn't silver.
if it is right from the mint (even if it is Off Metal) it would still have the mintmark.

First--lets just say 1944 no P that are other than Henning, because like I said...I'm not sure this is not silver.
There are some known. I don't have the est. numbers here where I can get to them, but also the 1944 No P nickel isn't the only date that Henning faked.

I saw one sell for over $25 not too long ago---and it was in low grade. So if we take a nice looking VF/XF 1944-PDS nickel we might pay $1.50. take off the MM, and we now have made $23.50+! Sounds like easy money.

Thanks Lou!
There are some off metal Jefferson Nickels known, but I don't know about the year 1944. I'll have to check and see what the mint was minting at that time that could be nickel sized.

Speedy

 

Alrighty.....I found this:

But if it was that much overwight I would think that the detail would be sharper. I'm still thinking that this is a normal nickel that has had the mintmark removed, or filled with grease.

Speedy

 

How about this site. http://www.numismaticenquirer.com/TNE/Henning%20Counterfeit%20Nickel.html

Lou

 

Got the scale in finally and it weighs 5.0 grams.

Ribbit,
Toad :smile

 

Spot on for a normal nickel.

Speedy

 

Maybe it's another counterfeit? Not a Henning but not real?

Ribbit,
Toad :smile

 

Maybe---but I still hold to what I said before:

Can you get a close up shot of where the mintmark should be?? If not, take a 10x glass or more, and look and see if there is any sign of a mintmark being removed.

Speedy

 

No removed mint mark but it isn't a U.S. Mint either. It has a cast look to it, like the Morgan/Trade Dollar cast copies, very grainy. I think it's a different counterfeit altogether unless Henning nickels were also cast copies.

Ribbit,
Toad :smile

 

did they really dump steel cents in the ocean?

 

I don't think they did, I think that's a myth. But I could be wrong.

Phoenix

 

U.S. Mint Urban Legan?

Ribbit,
Toad :smile