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A Contemporary "Racketeer Nickel"

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http://fakes.numismetrica.com/2012/...c-1883-0001/

My eye paid off this time. Despite the fact that it's not reeded, under the microscope confirms that it's mostly likely a contemporary gilding. :-)
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I recently bought a "Racketeer Nickel", and was told actual ones will have a reeded edge.

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Not all contemporary examples have reeding as there was no "standard" means of production and different rackets did different things. The more convincing examples of the era certainly did, though.

At the same time, most of the "Racketeer Nickels" sold today were manufactured post-1960s and are simply electroplated.
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