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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 8167274, member: 74863&quot;]Josh Tatum, a young man in the 1880’s gold plated a number of the new five cent nickels. The design was very similar to the current $5.00 gold coins already in circulation. The new nickels only had the Roman numeral “V” on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a result of his gold plating he would enter a store and pay with the plated nickel. Merchants that didn’t look closely would give him change for $5.00 plus his purchases. </p><p><br /></p><p>A short time later he was caught, arrested and charged. At his trial he was found innocent of all charges. Josh Tatum was deaf and dumb. He never made any claims that he was giving them a $5.00 coin. The person accepting the coin made the assumption that it was. Therefore he was released.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a higher grade AU coin that I recently obtained. There are nice die cracks on both sides of the coin. The coins details are very strong.</p><p><br /></p><p>After this all came to light the mint added the words “FIVE CENTS” on the reverse later that same year.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426240[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1426241[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1426242[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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