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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mdh157, post: 795707, member: 22743&quot;]copied from Wikipedia:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>An unofficial variety of the wartime coin dated 1944 was made in 1954 when <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Counterfeit" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Counterfeit"><span style="color: #002bb8">counterfeit</span></a> nickels were produced by <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/w/index.php?title=Francis_LeRoy_Henning&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/w/index.php?title=Francis_LeRoy_Henning&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="color: #ba0000">Francis LeRoy Henning</span></a> of Erial, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/New_Jersey" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/New_Jersey"><span style="color: #002bb8">New Jersey</span></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://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-3" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-3"><span style="color: #002bb8">[4]</span></a> He also made counterfeit nickels dated 1939, 1946, 1947, and possibly 1953 as well as one other unidentified date.<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-4" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-4"><span style="color: #002bb8">[5]</span></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://www.cointalk.com/w/index.php?title=Copper_Creek&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/w/index.php?title=Copper_Creek&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="color: #ba0000">Copper Creek</span></a>, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/New_Jersey" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/New_Jersey"><span style="color: #002bb8">New Jersey</span></a>, of which only 14,000 were recovered. Another 200,000 are thought to have been dumped in the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Schuylkill_River" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Schuylkill_River"><span style="color: #002bb8">Schuylkill River</span></a>. When caught, Henning was sentenced to 3 years in jail, and was required to pay a $5,000 fine.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>also, here&#039;s a link for some additional info:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v07n13a09.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v07n13a09.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v07n13a09.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The only problem is, it is supp sometimes impossible to tell Henning&#039;s coins form the real thing.....I wish I knew this years ago as i got rid of a lot of the old nickels i had.&nbsp; Right now I save all of them until I am sure they are not counterfeits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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