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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 13881, member: 1101&quot;]I have what I think is a racketeer nickel, but it is not similar to the most common ones.&nbsp; The normal &quot;Racketeer nickel&quot; would have gold plating (or traces of it left), and a reeded edge.&nbsp; Mine has the slightest hint of golden color in places, so I think it was plated at some time, and it does not have a reeded edge.&nbsp; However, someone VERY carefully ground/polished off the &quot;V&quot; from the back and stamped a &quot;5&quot; into the same area.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I can only surmise that this was done to pass it as a $5 gold coin.&nbsp; It does not match an existing coin of course, but it varied from the new nickel by means of the 5.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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