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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 1354525, member: 28199&quot;]I just had this discussion a couple weeks ago.&nbsp; I was at the local flea market (weekly thing) and a vendor had a racketeer nickel similar to this one (same company, little different package):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://americanhistoricsociety.com/products/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://americanhistoricsociety.com/products/" rel="nofollow">http://americanhistoricsociety.com/products/&quot;Racketeer&quot;-Gold%2dPlated-Nickel.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I picked it up for $10, as I&#039;ve wanted one to add to my set, simply because I think it&#039;s a cool story.&nbsp; I discussed this same topic (original, or plated later) with both the guy I bought it from, and one of the other guys I usually deal with.&nbsp; My guess, this was plated later, but both said there is really no way to tell when the plating was added to any of these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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