Nothing ventured, nothing gained. went through some of my ‘39 nickels today and have a question about these 2. I read up on the Hennings nickels and the description said no mintmark and a low spot on the R in Pluribus, but that there may not be a damaged R. The pictures I saw showed the R with a gap but there appears to be an indention on these 2 in the same spots where the gaps were on the pictures. Not sure how you define low spot but maybe these qualify.
http://www.error-ref.com/henning-counterfeit-nickel/ I don't think you have a Henning. Looks like circulation hits on your R's
Looks like a regular circulated 1939. The Hennings are usually super mushy. The looped R is a big marker, even though some don't have looped R's. If I recall from another thread, there is a marker in the non looped R's, which is a small mark, left of the dome. Yours doesn't have it.
