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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2956905, member: 10461&quot;]It&#039;s not necessarily new.&nbsp; I do not get that impression.&nbsp; Such abrasions on a copper-nickel coin like this could appear somewhat brighter than the surrounding metal for decades, if not a century.&nbsp; Of course the whole coin has a somewhat scrubbed appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The removal of CENTS to try and pass coins as as &quot;dollar coins&quot; is not something I&#039;ve ever heard of.&nbsp; Perhaps you&#039;re thinking of the &quot;<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-racketeer-nickel-180961066/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-racketeer-nickel-180961066/" rel="nofollow">Racketeer Nickel</a>&quot; folklore about Josh Tatum trying to pass an 1883 &quot;No Cents&quot; Liberty nickel as a <i><b>five</b></i>-dollar gold piece after plating it with gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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