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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 480667, member: 5233&quot;]...and then it was instantly pulled out of circulation and stayed as shiny as the day it was plated.&nbsp; Gold plating is VERY thin.&nbsp; It will wear through will minimal circulating.&nbsp; So, if your theory is correct it could have only circulated for an incredibly short time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The plating scam didn&#039;t last more than a couple months in 1883 then it died down.&nbsp; I find it highly unlikely that this coin circulated for years and then someone decide to plate it and pass it off as a gold piece.&nbsp; Especially since so many have been plated in modern years.&nbsp; Plus, even the SGS ad doesn&#039;t claim it was an original plating.&nbsp; They say <b>&quot;This specimen has the same gold plate as was used 123 years ago&quot;</b>.&nbsp; All that means is it was plated in gold like the original scam nickels...not that it is one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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