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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fretboard, post: 763624, member: 19765&quot;]I&#039;ve been doing a little bit of collecting Jefferson nickels and leaning toward war nickels specifically.&nbsp; War nickels are absolutely beautiful and tone like no others, IMO.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, I was reading a bit and I&#039;m wondering.&nbsp; Does anyone have a Henning nickel?&nbsp; Can you post a pic?&nbsp; Also, maybe you don&#039;t have one but do you have a story about having one in the past?&nbsp; Anyone?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I got this blurb about henning and war nickels from wikipedia::</p><p><br /></p><p>The wartime nickel features the largest mint mark ever to grace a United States coin, located above <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello" rel="nofollow">Monticello</a>&#039;s dome on the reverse. This mark was a large D or S if appropriate for those mints, but nickels of this series minted in Philadelphia have the unique distinction of being the only U.S. coins minted prior to 1979 to bear a P mint mark. There are eleven coins in the regular series (plus a moderately scarce overdate, the 1943/2-P), and they can be purchased in circulated condition at low cost. When the price of silver rose in the 1960s the &quot;war nickels&quot; quickly disappeared from circulation, a process often aided by their distinctive silver-tarnish appearance, which sometimes appeared in banded form from contact of coins with sulfur-containing elastic bands in pockets. Many of these nickels were melted for their silver content. Accordingly, the mint production numbers are probably skewed when compared to other nickels.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></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&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_LeRoy_Henning&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" 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.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> He also made counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1946, 1947, and possibly 1953 as well as one other unidentified date.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_%28United_States_coin%29#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> 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&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copper_Creek&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" 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 was required to pay a $5,000 fine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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