Is My Nickel Actually Made of Gold?

[russ_watters]

So, WTH is going on here? I received this otherwise ordinary-seeming nickel as change for my lunch today. It appears to be made of gold (plated?). I didn't make the scratches on it; my guess would be that some other curious individual was as confused as I am and decided to see if it was just plated. To the naked-eye, it would appear not, but in the close-up photo I am seeing a bit of "silver" coloring, implying that it is. I'm tempted to cut it open to find out for sure. Downside being that then I can't use it to buy 0.923 ounces of soda at work...

Opinions?

 

[PhizKid]

Plot twist: It's actually a penny

 

[lisab]

Measure its weight against a normal nickle.

 

[Enigman]

Measure its weight against a normal nickle.

WAD - What would Archie do?
(Except running around naked)

 

[Medicol]

...
(Except running around naked)

What is that supposed to mean ?

 

[Ben Niehoff]

Let me Google that for you: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gold-nickel.41531/

 

[AlephZero]

What is that supposed to mean ?

I guess he means Archie Meedies. You know, that guy whose best buddy was Harry Stottle.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Let me Google that for you: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gold-nickel.41531/

They just had "gold clad" buffalo nickels on sale last night for $9.99. Limit 5 per customer. Each had 14 mg of gold "cladding".

edit: the caveat was that these were not actually US currency. Just copies of buffalo nickels.

 

[davenn]

just don't accept any "wooden nickels"

Dave

 

[256bits]

Do a quick check.
Peel back the foil and there should be some milk chocolate inside.