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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I bought this V nickel because it appeared VF despite the crappy pics. I thought the gold tone was toning but it is looking more like it was gold dipped. What do you think?   |
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 United States
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Heh. Cool. It's dipped/colored, by someone with less than a full clue.  The previous, "No Cents" version of this coin was notoriously gold-colored by fraudsters and passed as $5 gold back in the day. |
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Valued Member
United States
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The Philly mint messed up!! They marked "CENTS" on a $5 gold coin by mistake!  Edited by Phaedrus29
04/08/2015 3:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I thought this post would be about the racketeer nickel that Dave mentioned. I got one of those somewhere. The No Cents V nickel with what looks to be gold plating. Pretty nice looking honestly and as a collector who is very interested in the debasement of our money, this is just an interesting coin all around. This one isn't mine but here is a racketeer nickel.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I remember an article written by Bill Fivaz in FUNTopics about an 1886 V-nickel that was gold-plated, the word CENTS was filed down and re-engraved with FIVE, and reeding was engraved onto the edge.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yes, I am familiar with racketeer nickels. This is odd because it is a "cent" coin. I thought it was toning at first until I saw the rim.
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United States
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It might have been a deliberate, tongue-in-cheek fake of a Racketeer Nickel. I'd do something like that.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1536 Posts |
I got this gold dipped Indian Head in a lot. It looks like it may have been made into a cufflink or pin.  |
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United States
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That's pretty cool. If I could find a surviving contemporary pair of links like that, I'd buy shirts that needed them.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Looks toned, and I'd were those cuff-links just sayin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like it was plated or dipped, but I can't tell which. However, why on earth would someone do it to a 1891 with cents Liberty nickel?  Edited by Nickel Guy
04/08/2015 6:32 pm
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Valued Member
United States
170 Posts |
This was a nice coin before the plating job..   Edited by Gold4Ever
04/08/2015 11:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
604 Posts |
 Waste of a good coin.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The gold plating of a common date Buffalo nickel in say AU50, somehow intrigues me ! The only real problem is that the value of the coin will be reduced to zero. Copper nickel provides a better substrate than silver for plating. It takes a long time, but the silver atoms in the substrate of a silver coin will slowly migrate into the gold plating, and the plating looses some of it's golden richness, becoming paler. For most of us, it is the only way of acquiring a gold buffalo on the cheap ! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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All sorts of coins are plated for all sorts of reasons. This one looks like one done by kids.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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BuckeyeCoinGuy that nickel is a modern plated nickel not a true racketeer nickel. The plating is too shiny and covers the wear on the coin.
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Posted 04/08/2015 3:48 pm
