This may have been covered before, but is there a way to tell if a "Racketeer Nickel" has been modern plated or actually from the right era? I have a couple from a bulk buy that look nice, but almost too nice. What tell tale signs are there if any??
Only way I know of is that the pieces most often considered to be genuine have filed faux reeded edges...... Most of them are modern. Folks like Littleton have been gold plating them for years.
I asked the same question here. Similar answer to what @Randy Abercrombie says. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-liberty-head-v-nickels.353134/
I think I have answered my own question in looking them over more closely. The worn down areas of the details still have the same even appearance as the fields. This shouldn't be so even after all these years.
I've seen @Conder101 post an authentic vintage one. At least, I think it was him. The overwhelmingly vast majority of these are fakes.
