1883/2 "racketeer Practice" Shield Nickel Needs "de-Racketering"

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52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8520 Posts	Posted 04/10/2017 5:38 pm Quote: Josh Tatum never existed (At least the one referred to in the "story") and the term "Josh" meaning to trick of foll dates back to the 1840's long before the Racketeer nickel ever saw the light of day. The Josh Tatums story doesn't even date to before the 1950's. There are contemporary reports about the gold plated nickels, but just as warning to watch out for them. The Tatum story is pure fiction. I wonder if the Treasurey made the story up ? The story is on the PCGS site. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4594 Posts	Posted 04/10/2017 7:34 pm Lots of numismatic lore gets repeated as fact even when it's nonsense. GW did not deposit Martha's silver for the 1st coinage, he deposited Spanish Silver Dollars. etc. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
Biker Coin Guy Valued Member United States 121 Posts	Posted 04/10/2017 10:56 pm Man, I'd sure hate to try to buy a car from you guys(JK). And so, by popular demand and without further ado.....the pics! Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 04/11/2017 01:48 am So, I know you used a couple acetone baths on this but, what else? Xylene and toluene were mentioned. I'm interested because I have a (boring) 1990 cent that appears to be plated with gold or brass. It's been soaking in acetone for a few days now. If toluene didn't work, maybe try trinitrotoluene. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
ItchyN Valued Member United States 121 Posts	Posted 04/11/2017 04:51 am I would bet that this coin is not gold-plated. Some Shield nickels tone to a golden color. If you really want it off there something like a dip in Jewel Luster would probably do it. But I wouldn't dip it. There's nothing wrong with a nice golden-toned Shield nickel. As far as whether it's an 83/2, I don't see anything that makes me think it might be. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/11/2017 10:35 am Quote: GW did not deposit Martha's silver for the 1st coinage, he deposited Spanish Silver He didn't even do that. The silver for the 1792 Half Dismes came from Thomas Jefferson's personal accounts. Washington wasn't even in Philadephia when the Half Dismes were struck. Report this Post to the Staff
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