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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 8170085, member: 84179&quot;]The problem with these is that unless you have solid documentation, there is no way to distinguish a contemporary issue from something that was plated yesterday.&nbsp; Gold plating is not difficult.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I know, there isn&#039;t a reliable way to determine when these coins were plated (please let me know if I&#039;m wrong).&nbsp; That&#039;s why all gold plated 1883 nickels should be considered suspect.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing wrong with adding one to your collection, as it&#039;s part of a cool story, but to claim you have an authentic contemporary plated coin that checks out, well that may be a significant stretch.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] how would you authenticate a coin like this as contemporary?&nbsp; It seems that reeding and plating could have been added to a 1883 NC anytime in the last 140 years. I can see where you would be able to say it&#039;s a modern example, but to prove it&#039;s contemprary? How? Documentation?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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