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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;p91, post: 178955, member: 6174&quot;]thats for sure... I always thought it was illegal to melt coins... it is now, as of December 14th 2006... nickels and pennys...since the nickels got 7 cents worth of metal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I just learned about the henning today on wikipedia. very interesting!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>seems to me the best bet is to take a waterproof metal detector to coppercreek and look for those 200,000 nickels he dumped. I hope no fishes choked.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>from wikipedia;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>---</p><p>An unofficial variety of the wartime coin dated 1944 was made in 1954 when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit" rel="nofollow">counterfeit</a> nickels were produced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_LeRoy_Henning&amp;action=edit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_LeRoy_Henning&amp;action=edit" rel="nofollow">Francis LeRoy Henning</a> of Erial, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" rel="nofollow">New Jersey</a>. He had previously been arrested for counterfeiting $5 bills. The 1944 nickels were quickly spotted since Henning neglected to add the large mintmark. He also made counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1946, 1947 and 1953. It is estimated that more than 100,000 of Henning&#039;s nickels reached circulation. These can still be found in pocket change, and there is a thriving collectors&#039; market for them, although owning a counterfeit is technically illegal. Henning dumped another 200,000 nickels in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copper_Creek&amp;action=edit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copper_Creek&amp;action=edit" rel="nofollow">Copper Creek</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" rel="nofollow">New Jersey</a>, of which only 14,000 were recovered. Another 200,000 are thought to have been dumped in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuylkill_River" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuylkill_River" rel="nofollow">Schuylkill River</a>. When caught, Henning was sentenced to 3 years in jail, and had to pay a $5,000 fine.</p><p>---</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>saw that one sold on ebay recently for 30bucks shipped. kind of steep... i plan on finding one[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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