collywolly11 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 hi ,i have a 5 cent silver coin dated 1883,and all the ones ive seen have cents on the bottom of the v,and mine hasnt is there any reason for this,many thanks collywolly11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzkirk Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 1883 was the 1st year for the Liberty Head 5 cents, cents were added to the coin on later 1883 mintages Issue: 1883-1912 Engraver: Charles Barber Metallic: 75% cop, 25% nickle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 The 1883 No Cents nickels are often referred to as Racketeer Nickels. Sceemers would plate them in gold and pass them as $5 gold pieces. Lore has it that they never said the coin was five dollars and never asked for change for five dollars but when handed the extra money would keep it. Since most of the country had not seen the new nickels before it was quite natural for them to assume 5 dollar gold. There's also a legend that a young grifter named Joshua was one of the more notorious of these racketeers and pulled this scam many many times. That lead to a number of expressions like "Don't Josh me" and "No Joshing". Perhaps someone has more info to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collywolly11 Posted September 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 cheers guys ,this place is fantastic,collywolly11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 1883 P without CENTS - 5,474,300 1883 P with CENTS - 16,026,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collywolly11 Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 again thank you,this all helps a lot,collywolly11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collywolly11 Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 again thank you,this all helps a lot,collywolly11. hi ,iv been selling my late fathers coins on ebay for a month or so,not been able to tell forum until now,this coin is on ebay with the last of the coins,hope they are of some interest to people on here,ebay name collywolly11.forum members have bought some off me ,85 + feedback,shipping worldwide.kind regards colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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