 |
| The 1913 Liberty Head Nickel |
In early 1913, the government minted them, and then they decided to introduce new nickels and replace the Liberty Head Nickels with Indian Head Nickels.
 |
| The 1913 Indian Head Nickel |
Then the government decided to give away the Liberty Head Nickels to their best employee in 1913, Samuel Brown.
 |
| Louis E. Eliasberg |
Samuel Brown decided to sell them in January 1924. The first person who purchased from him was Colonel E.H.R Green. He kept the coin until he died in 1936. His things were sold at an auction. Two coin dealers who brought his coin, then sold it to a famous coin collector, Louis E. Eliasberg. When he died, his coin went to Bowers and Merena Auctions for $1,485,000, then it was auctioned off again in March 2001.
The price climbed up to $1,840,00. In May 2005, a person brought this coin for $4,150,000. In 2007, another person from California brought this coin for 5 million dollars.
No comments:
Post a Comment