In Reply to: Gold dime posted by NiteHawke on May 15, 2001 at 10:38:18:
I've never heard of the Mint plating coins. Various private companies do gold-plate coins and sell them at inflated prices. But serious collectors generally frown upon "altered" coins, so these gold-plated coins don't really have any market value over face. Every now and then one even turns up in circulation....