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<p>[QUOTE="HaleiwaHI, post: 3697943, member: 74415"]Since I'm not a Jefferson nickel collector, I knew nothing of the Henning nickel so I just had to look it up. People can learn a whole lot of what they didn't know before on this site. Here's part of what I found - <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/henning-counterfeit-nickel/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/henning-counterfeit-nickel/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/henning-counterfeit-nickel/</a> and then with a little research I questioned - </p><p><font size="5"><b>Re: Is Francis LeRoy Henning Still Alive? </b></font></p><p>i dont know if he is still alive, but thought this interesting, had never heard this b4</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Another 200,000 are thought to have been dumped in the Schuylkill River. </u> </p><p><br /></p><p>An unofficial variety of the wartime coin dated 1944 was made in 1954 when counterfeit nickels were produced by Francis LeRoy Henning of Erial, New Jersey. He had previously been arrested for counterfeiting $5 bills. The 1944 nickels were quickly spotted since Henning neglected to add the large mintmark.[3] He also made counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1946, 1947, and possibly 1953 as well as one other unidentified date.[4] It is estimated that more than 100,000 of Henning's nickels reached circulation. These can still be found in pocket change, and there is a thriving collectors' market for them, although owning a counterfeit is technically illegal. Henning dumped another 200,000 nickels in Copper Creek, New Jersey, of which only 14,000 were recovered. Another 200,000 are thought to have been dumped in the Schuylkill River. When caught, Henning was sentenced to 3 years in jail, and was required to pay a $5,000 fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HaleiwaHI, post: 3697943, member: 74415"]Since I'm not a Jefferson nickel collector, I knew nothing of the Henning nickel so I just had to look it up. People can learn a whole lot of what they didn't know before on this site. Here's part of what I found - [URL]http://www.error-ref.com/henning-counterfeit-nickel/[/URL] and then with a little research I questioned - [SIZE=5][B]Re: Is Francis LeRoy Henning Still Alive? [/B][/SIZE] i dont know if he is still alive, but thought this interesting, had never heard this b4 [U]Another 200,000 are thought to have been dumped in the Schuylkill River. [/U] An unofficial variety of the wartime coin dated 1944 was made in 1954 when counterfeit nickels were produced by Francis LeRoy Henning of Erial, New Jersey. He had previously been arrested for counterfeiting $5 bills. The 1944 nickels were quickly spotted since Henning neglected to add the large mintmark.[3] He also made counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1946, 1947, and possibly 1953 as well as one other unidentified date.[4] It is estimated that more than 100,000 of Henning's nickels reached circulation. These can still be found in pocket change, and there is a thriving collectors' market for them, although owning a counterfeit is technically illegal. Henning dumped another 200,000 nickels in Copper Creek, New Jersey, of which only 14,000 were recovered. Another 200,000 are thought to have been dumped in the Schuylkill River. When caught, Henning was sentenced to 3 years in jail, and was required to pay a $5,000 fine. [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin)[/URL][/QUOTE]
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