Contemporary Henning Nickel or modern fake?

Unless it has the looped R, other years besides the 1944 are extremely difficult.

 

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Here is my 1939. It weighs 5.1 grams. Without the Looped R, if a 1939 weighed 5.1 grams, it would not be anything out of the ordinary.

 

I also believe it to be a real Henning. The mint tolerance for a nickel is 3.88% or .194 grams so the variance allowed is 4.806-5.194. The nickel weighing 4.75 could be due to the precision of the scale used to weigh.

You could always send it to ICG since they encapsulate these coins. It would be interesting and important to the hobby if it was confirmed to be a counterfeit of a counterfeit issue.

 

I don't think mint tolerance applies to counterfeits.
It's not likely to be a counterfeit Henning. I have read
posts from different people on different sites who have Hennings with low weight.

 

Wait, you think my Nickel is "NOT LIKELY a counterfeit Henning"? But then you say Henning Nickels can have a low weight too. Isn't this contradicting? I have two possible markers on the coin and it sure looks like one. Can you clarify please?

 

I thought about this option, but it's not so easy as I live in Europe. I asked the seller to ship the coin to a friend in the US and I may ask him to submit it. Should I start a PayPal fundraising event for this?

 

I already said a bunch of times it looks like a Henning.
What I said was it's not a counterfeit of the counterfeit Henning even with the low weight.

 

Yes true. It’s so confusing - counterfeit of a counterfeit lol

 

Better pics. Thanks @Paddy54
Weight = 4.9gr

Anybody wants to change their opinion based on the new pics?
@JCro57

 

There's another die marker on top of the building on the left find the dot and it is legitimate . That was the mark that sealed the deal on this being a real fake lol.