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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pyrbob, post: 521280, member: 17044&quot;]I have been collecting Henning nickels for several years now.&nbsp; I currently have 21 of them.&nbsp; 12 have the hole in the R of Pluribus on the reverse as pictured in a previous thread and 9 do not and look normal.&nbsp; Henning claims to have made 6 different reverse dies to go with the 6 different obverse dies.&nbsp; But the hole in the R seems to be the most common.&nbsp; I have been roll hunting Jeffersons for years and keep all nickels 1958 and before.&nbsp; I store them in solid circulated rolls.&nbsp; When I first heard the Henning story I checked all of my 1939, 1946, 1947 and 1953 nickels for the hole in the R.&nbsp; I actually found a 1939.&nbsp; I took the coin to the ANA summer seminar two summers ago and was told it certainly looked like a Henning nickel.&nbsp; So these can be found in other dates using this diagnostic.&nbsp; I also have a friend who is a dealer and he had a 1946 Henning nickel with this reverse about 4 years ago and sold it at a Baltimore Coin Show.&nbsp; I asked him what it was worth and he said a guy looked at it at the show and asked how much for the nickel.&nbsp; The dealer didn&#039;t know what it was worth and just said $175.&nbsp; The man paid it and left with the nickel.&nbsp; My dealer friend told me &quot;All I can tell you is it must be worth at least $175.&quot;&nbsp; I think this is a fascinating nickel and alot of collectors don&#039;t even know about it.&nbsp; The fact that they still circulate in dates other than 1944 and the hole in the R is the only way to currently tell them apart adds to the story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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