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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;10gary22, post: 997673, member: 23626&quot;]In 1883 the V nickle had 2 varieties &quot;without cents&quot; &amp; with the &quot;CENTS&quot;. The &quot;without cents&quot; variety was gold plated and passed as a $5 gold piece.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I started collecting in the 1950&#039;s these fakes were popular and sought by collectors. So of course someone started gold plating all years of V nickles and tried to sell them as the faked variety.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I bought one, knowing what it was because I though a gold plated V nickle was cool ! lol </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I kept it, because it didn&#039;t have a lot of value, but knowing the story it has been a conversation piece.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Other than that, I have no idea why anyone would want to gold plate their coins or bronze their gold medals ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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