The Most Valuable Circulating Jefferson Nickel is a Fake - The Story of Henning Counterfeit Nickels
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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Ben The Coin Geek
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Hi Ben. I found one of these nickels in 1958 or 1959 when I first started collecting. When I took it to my local coin store, the owner said it was unusual because it should have a mint mark over the dome. Then there was another guy in the store and he said he heard that in World War 2, Hitler was producing these to destroy the American economy! I guess a nickel carried a lot more weight back then! Funny story!
"and the secret service gets involved". So he got away Scot free then? Too soon perhaps?
I hunted a FANTASTIC nickel box that had a collection of buffaloes and war nickels and my fiancée found the Henning nickel. We had no idea what it was at first until we looked it up
Joe Cronin just published a very excellent book recently about Henning nickels that you might want to snag a copy of before it's out of print.
I had a 44 with a worn down P that got me really excited until I scoped it. Can't wait to find one in the wild someday.
I agree 100%, Joe Cronin's book is an excellent resource. I got a copy a couple of weeks ago and I am pretty sure he is down to the last few copies.
I actually started coin collecting with old Jefferson nickels when I was 5 or 6 years old and I am now 55 now . I can spot a old Jefferson pretty easy and when I say old I mean any nickel older than 1960. My dad would get change from change machine and I would get any old nickels or silver. I knew about the Henning nickel but I have never found one in all the years I have been collecting so they have to be pretty rare.
Enjoy the coin mini-history videos...should be getting my first Henning find back ICG soon!
I have one that I bought on eBay just like the one you have. I don’t collect counterfeit coins really, but this one I just really wanted because I love history.
Fantastic history lesson. Thanks for sharing.
This reminds me… I do a lot of metal detecting around Chicago. I dug up a very peculiar looking war nickel. It’s not a Henning nickel, has the large mint mark, but the whole thing just looks off. And besides the odd look, it’s slightly corroded and appears to be bronze or copper underneath a nickel surface. I hope that makes sense. It weighs 4.9 grams.
Does this sound like a legit war nickel that just looks odd from being in the ground for years? I’ve dug other war nickels that don’t look like this one.
The fact the eBay lets contemporary counterfeits get sold is a big tell, BITD they wouldn’t allow those sales, even copy coinage by Gallery Mint Museum coinage got banned for a few years with the word „copy“ on the coin.
They sell on eBay, they have one in a counterfeit ICG holder for sale.
Great story Ben. Thanks for sharing.
Not exactly a get rich quick scheme I suppose. Great story I've never heard, thanks for sharing some history Ben.
Hey Ben, thank you for the vlog! I've heard about the Henning nickels but did not read up on it like you have. I wonder how many of those could be still out there in the wild?
Interesting guy, got away with long enough for them to be found in circulation today, remember finding those and throwing back in rolls, lol, now they’re going for big bucks on the bay and writing books about them.
I’ve known about those nickels for a long time still haven’t seen one
Coming to Rosemont?
Ben is clearly undecided on how he wants to pronounce Monticello.
These have recently gone up quite a bit in value, like a lot of collectibles
Learned something new today . Most ppl would of nvr guessed that a nickle would of been counterfeited I'm going to have to keep an eye out cuz I'm sure some lcs don't pay Attention to nickles that closely.
Awesome story going to keep a look out for my own, can you certify this nickel or will it just come back counterfeit?
ICG will slab them as a counterfeit.
Interesting! I didn't know anything about these. I wonder how many I've had over my lifetime.
I shared this on my Facebook page. Maybe it'll get you a few more views.
You would think someone smart enough to be an engineer would realize that investing $7k and risking federal prison to counterfeit nickels is a poor risk/reward proposition. I wonder if he even made the $7k back before he got busted.
That guy in Toronto was buying $2 coins off Temu for .42 each for a long time. Greed got him because he tried to buy $40,000 Cdn at once and customs got suspicious...
Never forget that Fortune favors The Bold.
It’s said that henning never broke even and lost money thru this whole endeavor. Then sat in jail again, broke lol
These are very fun, one day I’ll buy one
Is it possible for someone to assemble a fake twentieth century type set? A fake nickel, wow. But has anyone made a fake SBA dollar?
but... why didnt he make them with a mint mark?
And NOW - thanks to Ben - you know the rest if the story!!! Thanks Ben
The OW! button??? Does it hurt?
Very good story
Great story, I have seen one but never owned a Hennings nickel. It was too expensive for me.
Cool story. Collectors will collect what they will collect.
Hey Ben
Oh snap!
You would figure he would have made a bigger coin in value not just a nickel tells me most everything back then must been a nickel
Hi Ben. I bet he also made wooden nickels out of plywood. *>>-->* 🦉
To counterfeit is death
No way 😞
Hi Ben
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