1913 Liberty Head nickel
Posted on 01/08/2010 4:24:57 PM PST by JoeProBono
ORLANDO , Fla., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- An extremely rare U.S. nickel that was featured in an episode of TV's "Hawaii Five-O" sold for more than $3.7 million in Florida, the auctioneers said.
Greg Rohan, president of Heritage Auctions, based in Dallas, said the 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five of its kind known to still exist, sold for $3,737,500 Thursday at the Orlando Convention Center.
"It is probably the most famous United States rare coin because it was seen by tens of millions of viewers in an episode of 'Hawaii Five-O,'" Rohan said.
The names of the seller and the winning bidder were not disclosed. However, Rohan said a number of the world's wealthy are among the previous owners of the coin.
"In the 1940's this coin was in the collection of the notorious King Farouk of Egypt who was deposed in 1952. In December 1973 it was prominently featured in an episode of the TV series, 'Hawaii Five-O,' entitled 'The $100,000 Nickel.' Los Angeles Lakers owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, paid $200,000 for the coin in 1978, and it changed hands several times since then, crossing the million dollar mark in 2003. Now it sold for over $3.7 million in spirited bidding," Rohan said.
1913 Liberty Head nickel
Looks like an old dime.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
The book shows its value at $0.25.
Say that reminds me. How’s that Langbord lawsuit on the 1933 double eagles going?
Love coin hunting,found a buffalo nickel once.
All you gotta do is hang on to it for 37 years. If it appreciates at the same rate as the Liberty Nickel you’ll have a $9.25 nestegg.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Coincidentally, I’ve been a collector for 37 years and it has always been 25 cents.
At that rate of growth, It’s a better investment than gubmint bonds! {;-)
September 17, 2009
The Langbords went to court and recently won an important ruling. A United States District Court judge has given the government until the end of the month either to give back the coins or go back to court to prove that they were in fact stolen by Mr. Switt, a daunting task after three-quarters of a century.
Looks a bit similar to the Mercury dime, too.
A collector, eh? What’re those WWII aluminium pennies worth?
There was a Hawaii 50 episode where this same nickle was worth $100,000, course that was back around 1974.
Everybody’s suddenly checking their spare change jar.
Hubby and I used to stop at the city hall every Friday and pick up a bag of coins from parking meters. We would sort through them, wrap and take to the bank on Monday. Of course, keeping the silver coins and other collectibles. One of the ones we found was a 3 legged buffalo nickel. We had it appraised but no one would verify that it was a true 3 legs or one leg had been shaved off with a jewelers tool. We still have the coin stashed away.......
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