Great Collections says it paid $4.2 million for one of the 1913 Liberty nickels. https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/rare-coin-sells-for-4-2-million
Wow.... There is a coin show in our upstate the last weekend of the month and they are going to have a 1913 Liberty nickel on display. I plan on going just to see something I'll likely never have a chance to see again.
I'm not sure they've ever actually kept any of these big purchases. They're almost always acting as a middle man for a client that gets to remain anonymous by doing it this way
It's possible you're correct, also. The pic from the article specifically shows both 1913 Liberty nickels at the same time, in 'someone's' possession.
I know theyve said that they did that with others in the past, usually it ends up in being a comment on a forum instead of a news article. I'd imagine this would be the same case and I wouldnt be surprised if some of these are kept in their secure facilities instead of the client having a bank box
That's why I stated you could be correct. Without knowing exactly what their intent was, your opinion, and mine, are both conjecture.
It seems logical. Anonymity is often sought by these collectors because they tend to be private AND if they are on the hunt for more trophy coins they don't want to alert their competition. You'd think they'd want the coin in their possesion, though.
Absolutely plausible. I'd be remiss to not consider that possibility. That's why I did leave room for that as reality.
Youd be surprised how few of them actually have their coins at home. Granted were talking about things worth millions of dollars, but if you can afford that you can certainly afford to build a very nice home safe and I'm assuming theres a lot of other really expensive things around the house anyways
