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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 5415888, member: 106826&quot;]A couple decent shots in there and I see what you are seeing, but as noted by others, the placement is incorrect.&nbsp; Interesting how there &#039;appears&#039; to be a secondary dot to the right of the first, but it isn&#039;t in the correct spot either.&nbsp; Both appear to be equally shifted to the NW of where the dot would be expected to be.&nbsp; It&#039;s also a micro-dot on your coin, perhaps only half of the expected size.&nbsp; It&#039;s the kind of coin I would put in a flip and hang onto on the odd chance that new information comes along.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I found a 1939 Jefferson nickel...beat looking...worn out, washed out, and damaged on the rim from a coin counter.&nbsp; I recall the moment I saw it amongst the rest of the nickels from the roll I was searching.&nbsp; My tendency is to keep all pre-1960 Jeffersons unless they are damaged, very dirty, worn out.&nbsp; But I kept this one for some reason...probably since I was working on building a roll of &#039;39s with the &#039;38 Reverse.&nbsp; That nickel sat in the bucket for at least 2 years.&nbsp; At some point, I started to read up on the Henning nickel due to a post I saw on the internet.&nbsp; I went through that bucket...sorted by date/mm and put all the Henning dates into their separate piles.&nbsp; I worked from most recent to oldest dates known for Hennings.&nbsp; I weighed the coins...since this was given as a key diagnostic.&nbsp; All were within spec&#039;s.&nbsp; I set them aside.&nbsp; I started looking for the loop in the R...none had them.&nbsp; I set them aside again.&nbsp; Then I read that there were other reverse dies used, some/one didn&#039;t have the loop in the R.&nbsp; I went through them all again.&nbsp; On the 3rd to last 1939, I found my Henning nickel.&nbsp; When I think of all the chances I had to release that coin, I shudder a bit.&nbsp; But I hung onto it...obviously for the better.&nbsp; That last little tidbit of information came late, but proved to be the differentiator.&nbsp; Make sure that when you have doubts, you exhaust all leads.&nbsp; We are here to give you our best assessments, but ultimately, for the price of a penny, separating that coin from the bulk and making notes on a flip might be the most prudent thing for you to do.&nbsp; It may help you sleep better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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