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Racketeer Nickel: Fair Price?

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 Posted 05/18/2011  10:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TheDepreso to your friends list
He only has one negative feedback and it looks like it's from a competitor.
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 Posted 05/18/2011  10:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list
Look at his other auctions.
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 Posted 05/18/2011  11:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list
That is not a genuine racketeer nickel, it is a modern gold-plated G/VG coin worth $5 at most. It would have been impossible for a nickel to have circulated that much in 1883 before it was plated. It is almost certain that the nickel was plated by the "American Historic Society"(which is not a historic society at all, just a retailer of schlock and dreck) specifically for this little ripoff promotion.
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 Posted 05/18/2011  12:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JayDon62 to your friends list
I love his photo/mug shot in his profile. I need to put a bid on either the $51,000 or the $50,000 paintings he has for sale. RUN don't walk away!
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 Posted 05/18/2011  1:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JayDon62 to your friends list
No wait, this coin is approved by the "American Historic Society" which is neither a Society nor Historic. But it may be American, so heck 1 out of 3 ain't bad.
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 Posted 05/18/2011  1:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list
Didn't genuine "racketeer nickels" have milled edges?
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This guy plays ebay like it's the lottery.

The painting of Holland isn't that bad, but the white buffalo looks like mid grade Jr. High work.

I don't think I will be paying the $1M to have this guy paint my house.
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I wanna sell my gold painted rocks now on ebay...their gold nuggets.
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 Posted 05/18/2011  3:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Earle42 to your friends list
JayDon62 said:

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No wait, this coin is approved by the "American Historic Society" which is neither a Society nor Historic. But it may be American, so heck 1 out of 3 ain't bad.


Well, they only say its "genuine." It is a genuine nickel ... just altered. So technically they cannot be accused of a lying - just "clintoning."
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 Posted 05/18/2011  11:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mshev to your friends list
Biokemist put it perfectly... a period racketeer nickel (which I'd love to pick up at some point) would have originally been a mint state coin coated in gold. At this point, the gold would likely be partially worn off, creating wear on the coin itself at the same time. Coated wear is an easy give-away.
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 Posted 05/18/2011  11:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fuzzy317 to your friends list
Hope you don't get this. There are racketeer nickels at online coin dealers for $21.95

edit: and another online dealer has this coin not gold plated in BU $25 -39
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05/18/2011 11:19 pm
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 Posted 05/19/2011  11:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SPQR to your friends list
I have one of these I bought as a novelty at an auction. I think I paid a buck or two for it.
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 Posted 05/19/2011  11:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TheDepreso to your friends list
okay guys, not getting it
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 Posted 05/19/2011  12:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ricardocody to your friends list
Biokemist I have the same opinion ! 3 weeks after the release the us mint stoped the production of with no cents and started with the cents nomination so the real fake have to be in ms or missing some of the gold platted duo a wear ! The worn out coin with plated over scrats etc have to be plated after words ! I'm happy to find out I'm not the only one think like this !.
One day I might send mine to pcgs only to see what are they going to slab as racketter or as damaged lol ! I'm almost 100% sure I have a genuine , original real fake lol !
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