$5 Gold Coin - 1883 Beauty!

Can I buy it from you, I need the date for my quarter eagle set.

I can only go $500, but I know you can get much more

 

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You can buy a bag of them (nonplated), including the bag .... https://coinweek.com/auctions-news/...nickels-offered-at-csns-by-heritage-auctions/

quote from article ... " Later that same year, the Mint added the word CENTS to the reverse after it learned scoundrels were gold plating the coin to pass them off as five dollar gold pieces."

 

Another April fools joke. Because there's no evidence that Josh Tatum ever actually existed, and the use of the word Josh, to mean to trick or fool, dates back to the 1840s. Long before the racketeer nickel.