Gold 1943 War Nickel

That sounds like environmental damage - probably been buried in the ground for a while. We see a lot of them on this Forum.

An old plating would be my guess.



to the CCF!

There is something called electroless gold plating solution. You just dunk something metal in it and it puts a thin layer of gold pn it. I needed a small amount in a lab I worked in. I had a lot left over so I plated all sorts of coins with it. I released them in circulation. That was 30 years ago. No doubt some of those came here from people who thought they found something. I don't think it was this one.

This one has a unique brush on pattern, instead of a clumpy mess, due to the plating process most likely... So I'd assume it isn't one of the dunked ones either haha... although, That's either a pretty cool, or cruel idea/trick though depending who got it and their response lol

Does this make it worth anymore than the 5c face value though? And if so what is a honest opinion, or best guess on a value? I'm still relatively new to collecting so I'm not sure what can make any coin worth a fortune over being face value, other than the quantity made/supply and demand/Conditions. So far these are the only real things I fully grasp about collecting currency. If something looks odd or a different color. I usually switch it out of a drawer at work and look it up later...thats my collecting process atm!

Is that ever? Are there some abingdon that add values to any coins or is it their presence of another metal that makes them more valuable? Like I have somebcool rainbow like pennies , some that have like a gold aura looking veil around good ole abe, acco.lanied by a red/rainbow type luster... it may or may not have some doubling or overlaps. I can never tell and the color and shine make it especially hard for me. I've seen stuff like that sell for Lot occasionally..but don't know if its due to the actual coin, an error, or a planchet issue or what..thought maybe some collectors just like a certain color pattern or luster, or plating issues that make their sets unique even... I have a 64 and 65 nickel with similar gold derails, but it looks more like it's inside the coin itself than on the surface alone. And some weigh more and less than others on the same sets... can that help me tell the differences in anything ?

Copper nickel MS++ can under the right conditions can tone to a rich golden color.
But wartime nickels are not made of copper nickel - and so from whatever I can recall, never tone to a rich golden color.

For this reason, I think that the OP's pictured coin may well be gold plated.
If that is the case, it is well worth including in a collection, just as a curio.

I agree that even gold plating would add no extra value.

I have a few nickels that have that same 'gold toning' Mine have colored that way on their own in the album I kept it in. Maybe got their color from the album...