She’s beautiful in her own way, but could use a little help. Best way to restore a V nickel proof?

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  1. bucksin6

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  3. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Not without damaging it further than it already is........
     
  4. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

  5. bucksin6

    bucksin6 New Member

    That’s fair and knowing that it’s probably gold plated makes me more curious as to why. I’ll stick to the history side of coins
    Yikes with that attitude it’s no wonder why your hobby is dying
     
  6. Islander80-83

    Islander80-83 Well-Known Member

    Like I said again; Do you know what Racketeer is?
     
  7. Kentucky

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    Hey, welcome to CoinTalk. People usually only get snippy here when they try to give advice and it is rejected as though the person asking already knows what they want to hear and won't listen. The V nickel series started in 1883 following the USA's first nickel, the Shield Nickel. The first year of issue, they forgot to put the designation "cents" on the reverse. Part-way through the year, they noticed the mistake and corrected it by adding "cents" on the reverse. The legend built up that these early nickels were gold-plated and passed off as the new $5 gold piece. I'm not sure that story was true, you can google it. However, since the story was out there, many 1883 no-cent nickels have been gold-plated and passed off as "racketeer" nickels. That's the story, but apparently some people have been gold plating random V nickels with the hope of selling them.

    Now that that has been said, what can you do with your nickel? Your nickel is a 1909 coin that has been plated, when or where there is no way to tell. Once a coin is damaged, there really isn't any way to restore it. Sorry, but it is what it is.
     
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  8. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    You got that right! :D If there's not a sentimental attachment to that coin, then set it down and move onward to the next coin. Better luck next time! ;)
     
  9. bucksin6

    bucksin6 New Member

    What a racketeer is? Racketeering in general? FICO laws? Plated 1883 no cents? A random nickel from 1909 plated by an unknown organized crime group or industrious thief shortly before WW1 or possibly later during the Great Depression? The specifics are more fun than wikipedia hyperlinks.
     
  10. bucksin6

    bucksin6 New Member

    Thank you for the clear and concise response. That is exactly the type of informative answer I was hoping to find here. I’ll definitely look up what other groups were actively involved in fraudulently gold plating nickels after the V nickels were discontinued:)

    That said, it’s still frustrating to want to learn this huge body of knowledge only to be met with hobby gatekeeping. It sucks not having perfect equipment or decades of experience but we (the noobs) are trying.
     
  11. bucksin6

    bucksin6 New Member

    Exactly why I said I wanted to save it from a crap existence. I love this coin, it has 40X the story of most any coin you’ll ever see.
     
  12. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Good luck, I don't think you can find this.
     
  13. Kentucky

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    Actually people were wanting to give you information, there was no gatekeeper, you just kept bouncing off the wall next to the door.
     
  14. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Why would this coin have any more of a story than any other random coin of this age or before. All coins have stories. If you like stories, read some in the ancients forum...what was this denarius used to buy...

    Not trying to make fun of you, and I sincerely hope you stick around, but since you seem to think that people here have knowledge, please accept it.
     
  15. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    I could hug you for this. It pains me that so many new collectors come in thinking about nothing more than intrinsic value of a coin and few hold them for the rich history that they represent. And that is true coin collecting to me....... Sadly though your nickel is polished and thus damaged from a numismatic point of view. There really is nothing more you can do to change that.
     
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