I won this in a poker game my friend put it on the table as a $5 dollar bet. He said its real gold layered what do you think? what do you think its worth?
I guess it is worth $5 if you accepted it as a $5 bet. Personally, I would value it closer to $0.05 because the gold plating (which probably has a couple of cents worth of gold) destroyed any numismatic value the coin had.
That is a thought. I had not considered that "gold" could harm the value of a nickel. This a good example where gold might be less.
Sunflower, That nickel is now a novelty suitable for sale at a flea market to the unsuspecting public who think gold plating a coin makes it more collectible. Knowlegeable collectors would not place a high numismatic value on a piece like this. (There is a current thread about cleaning coins and how original surfaces are preferred. Gold plating is NOT an original surface.)
The look. You just get used to knowing. Like how can you tell if it's a Ford or a Chevy? But you can!!
Coins that have been gold plated carry no value for the gold plating. You have a F - VF 1936 Buffalo nickel, worth about $1.
