Can you help me identify these two coins, and possibly give me a ballpark figure for their value? They look like gold, but I haven't been able to Google anything about them.
That is a Jefferson Nickel and Cent....they might be plated with gold...now worth over $1.50 for both I would say. Speedy
Electroplated coins of little value except as conversation pieces. Even if the coins had been keys or rare dates, the plating would have diminished their value. How did you manage to find two of these novelty coins?
My grandmother split a fairly extensive collection between her 3 grandsons when our grandfather passed away about 10 years ago, they've all been sitting in my safe since. I asked about these two because they were the least self-explanatory.
When coin collectors run accross coins like these they will keep them just because they are different. Your grandfather probably came accross them while cherry picking or he knew someone who did plating and knew he collected coins. I think their real value is that they belonged to your grandfather. BTW Welcome to the forum!
Why would someone gold plate a perfectly nice 1844 cent? Who knows but they did and for an even more obscure reason,I bought it.
Good point, and that's exactly why I've been hanging on to them. However, if by some stroke of luck, something in that box is worth something significant, I think I could peel myself away from it emotionally for a few bucks and enjoy the rest of the collection for its sentimental value.
I doubt that they are gold plated. Just as with the 43 Lincoln Cents that has been so much fun over the years to copper plate them. I would suspect that's what those are. Possibly done in a high school or college chem class. Electroplating with gold and silver is expensive and difficult. Copper, brass, bronze are all gold looking and a lot easier and cheaper to plate metals. However, you never know what some people do and why. That may actually be gold or gold plating.
Hi, Actually, they are probabl;y gold plated. I've seen hundreds. They are plated outside the mint with what amounts to less than a quarters worth of gold. Obsolete sets used to be gold plated. Just to sell the coins for more as a scam collectible. Kinda like the gold and platinum plated quarters on the shopping networks. You take a walker, a quarter, a buffalo nickel, a mercury or babrber dime and an indian cent. They would be in a set , all gold plated. wholesalers would by the coins cheap, have them plated and sell the plated sets for 29.95 around a $20.00 profit on each set. They are almost impossible to sell, even on Ebay. as collectibles to a numismatist, they are damaged coins and are considered novelty items at best. Have Fun, Bill
