“Five-Cent” Coin Is Lost, Found, and Then Sold for $4.2 Million
Walton 1913 Liberty Head nickel, obverse and reverse images pictured in Professional Coin Grading Service holder. Recovered from a 1962 North Carolina car crash that killed its owner, George O. Walton, this rare U.S. 1913 Liberty Head nickel has been purchased from a Florida family for $4.2 million by Ian Russell, president of GreatCollections of Irvine, California. Photo courtesy of GreatCollections.
One of only five known 1913 Liberty Head five-cent coins has been sold for $4.2 million to Ian Russell, the owner/president of Great Collections, the official auction house of the American Numismatic Association. The road to the sale was long and winding. The legendary, century-old rare United States nickel was “lost” for 41 years and rediscovered in […]