1883 No Cents Nickel Vs. 1883 W/Cents. - Page 2

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g048406 Pillar of the Community 861 Posts	Posted 12/26/2012 05:54 am The term "Just Joshing you", also came about from Josh Tatum: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did...ou_come_from Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 12/26/2012 11:12 am Quote: The term joshing or to josh meaning to trick or fool dates for the 1830's, long before the 1883 NC nickel. But isn't it possible that people in the 1830's already knew that a Josh Tatum would someday take the new, not yet invented, Nickel and plate it with Gold? Just Joshing you know. Report this Post to the Staff
SaintRidley Pillar of the Community United States 592 Posts	Posted 12/26/2012 11:15 am The earliest recorded uses of josh as a verb come from an 1845 edition of the St. Louis Reveille and an 1852 edition of the New York Lantern. The relevant lines are "Look out in future, and if you must Josh, why, give a private one" and "The squint eyed chap's been joshin' ye," respectively. Both of these come before the career of a well-known American humorist of the era, Josh Billings (career 1860-1885), who may have been in part responsible for the popularization of the word. This is what I love about the OED. It gets you definitions, but it also gets you examples of the word in use as far back as can be found. Edited by SaintRidley 12/26/2012 11:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
Gyrene7483 Pillar of the Community United States 1704 Posts	Posted 12/26/2012 3:01 pm Be wary of modern low grade gold plated no cents 1883 nickels which are meant to deceive. The original gold plated nickels were plated shortly after entering circulation and have virtually no wear to them. It also isn't cost effective for someone to take an AU or MS coin and plate it since the gold plating will be too shiny and fresh. The original racketeer nickels will be more dull from age. Ed ANA LM-3175 Report this Post to the Staff
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