Gold-plated, not real gold. That makes it an altered coin with no real value to a collector.
No. The US did not make any gold coins for circulation after 1933. There are no gold nickels.
It's a 2004 Jefferson nickel that has been gold plated, has no collectible value and is just a fancy nickel.
That nickel is not normally gold in color. So either it has been gold plated, or it has been exposed to contaminants that changed its color. 1936 is also considered a common date for buffalo nickels. Put that together and you come up with a value of about 25 cents for your coin.
The coin is either gold plated or just looks gold. Either way it is not solid gold. It is only worth 5 cents.
Being that it's a copy, it's not worth much of anything.
Unless this nickel is made of gold, those markings are totally bogus. My only thought is that someone was playing with a set of jeweler's punches and tried them out on your nickel. In that case, you have a damaged coin worth face value.
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Five cents. The gold plating someone put on a regular nickel destroyed any collector's value it had.
You have to be more specific. Is a D, a D the the number 8 stamped over 7 in 1918 or is it an S? The nickel is made of 75% copper and 25% nickel. prices range from a dollar or so to over $30,000 dollars. it shouldn't be gold.
No. The US did not make any gold coins for circulation after 1933. There are no gold nickels.
It's a 2004 Jefferson nickel that has been gold plated, has no collectible value and is just a fancy nickel.
A 2004 nickel is worth 5 cents. A gold-plated '04 nickel is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. There is no standard market value for modified coins like that.
No nickel has ever been made of gold. You may have one that has been plated or it may be toned a gold color. Either way it's bad. Gold plating kills the collectible value of any coin. And for buffalo nickels, gold or blue toning means it's been chemically cleaned at some point. Unfortunately it's just a nickel.
5 cents. Gold plating adds a very thin layer of gold on the coin, it hardly increases the coin's value. The 2005 buffalo nickels were intended for circulation and only worth 5 cents unless uncirculated or proof, but since your coin has been damaged due to gold plating, even if it was uncirculated or proof it is now just worth 5 cents.
No. US nickels have never contained any gold. For one thing, even when the price of gold was much lower a gold coin the size of a US nickel would have been worth several dollars; today it would be worth hundreds.
It's actually called a Bison Reverse. The plating was NOT done by the U.S. Mint and it has no collectible value. It's just a nickel.
That nickel is not normally gold in color. So either it has been gold plated, or it has been exposed to contaminants that changed its color. 1936 is also considered a common date for buffalo nickels. Put that together and you come up with a value of about 25 cents for your coin.