Another coin of interest I was blessed to be given from family. The first coin in this series that was minted after the Shield Nickel (1866-1883). My 1883 Gold Plated Liberty Head V nickel (Variety 1) is in AU-50 range IMHO. This first year design without the word CENTS on obverse was fraudulently gold plated and passed for $5.00 until later in the same year the mint added the word CENTS to the obverse. Does anybody have anything else to say about this coin? I will post pics later today
Not to rain on your parade or anything but most of these were made as curiosities long after the "racketeeer nickel" scandal of 1883-4.I saw one in my local coin store yesterday.The gold plate job was just too new looking to have been done 120 years ago.They were selling this thing for $15 but no takers.That's 3 times what the crooks were getting for it back in the day though. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&sa=N&resnum=0&q=racketeer nickel&spell=1&tab=wi Here's what an original would probably look like today but no good way to tell for sure.
No rain here! I am just happy to have it given to me and the history it possesses. This plating doesnt look new though. I am trying to download scanner software to post pics. Thanks for your reply though.
I have a replated one and it's pretty obvious because of the like new luster of the gold plating,thankfully i only paid about $10 for it.
