To the OP question, there may be some originals around, but who can tell? It happened so fast, and then copies were made so fast, that there was not time to document what the "original" racketeer nickel looked like or to put away examples before the imitations were made. You can find old ones with some gold worn off the high points, but if they are "original" or not, I am afraid I do not know if anyone can tell.