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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 481267, member: 15062&quot;]At this point, I&#039;ll retract any reference I have made to &quot;Josh Tatum&quot; and declare that I think the whole story of &quot;Racketeer Nickels&quot; is bogus.&nbsp; There aren&#039;t any examples with provenance, there aren&#039;t any verifiable period newspaper articles on the subject and the varying stories on the subject tend to show that there is no &quot;real&quot; story.</p><p><br /></p><p>This article - <a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n08a15.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n08a15.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n08a15.html</a> - has a bit of research on the subject and indicates that the story is a relatively modern invention.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe an examination of the Mint&#039;s records from 1883 would shed some light on the subject but I don&#039;t know if they&#039;re accessable.&nbsp; I&#039;ll start by emailing the Mint&#039;s Public Information Office.&nbsp; Stand by for more.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>There is NO verification yet that there ever was anything like what is now known as a Racketeer&#039;s Nickel - a gold plated 1883 Liberty 5-cent piece.</u></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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