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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 24497264, member: 1765&quot;]Almost no gold plated 1883 nickels you&#039;re going to see today were plated in 1883, except maybe some love tokens and other jewelry.&nbsp; They are effectively &quot;racketeer racketeer nickels.&quot;&nbsp; Only one coin has been archaeologically dated to 1883, in Deadwood, SD, where plating a nickel and passing it as a $5 would have gotten you shot.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210504070505/https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/eureka-moment-arises-as-experts-discover-rare-coin-in-deadwood/article_2b9d6c1d-f31c-5c07-a853-5280c406428a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210504070505/https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/eureka-moment-arises-as-experts-discover-rare-coin-in-deadwood/article_2b9d6c1d-f31c-5c07-a853-5280c406428a.html" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s an article about it.</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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