What a Coin!!!

Check this out...beautiful, but too rich for my blood.

Olsen-Hawn 1913 Liberty Nickel Sells for $3,737,500: by Greg Reynolds for CoinLInk The Olsen-Hawn 1913 Liberty .. http://bit.ly/80wU3F

 

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As a life-long coin collector, even I think this is nuts for one coin.

 

I like to read Dave Harper's column, and he had a bit to say about staying up late to watch that auction.

http://blog.numismaticnews.net/buzz/

It's in his post of January 8, 2010.

I'll post it here for convenience, since I've linked to it and given him credit:

The Olsen-Hawn 1913 Liberty Head nickel sold last night for a bid of $3,250,000. With a 15 percent buyer's fee added, the number rises to $3,737,500. That's a nice chunk of change. edited - Sorry, but it doesn't work that way. To post copyrighted material you have to have written permission from the copyright holder. Giving credit is not enough.

 

Here is the Reuters Write Up -

Fri Jan 8, 2:15 pm ET


MIAMI (Reuters) – A rare 1913 U.S. coin once owned by an Egyptian king and later featured in a famous U.S. TV detective series was sold for more than $3.7 million (2.3 million pounds) in a public auction in Florida, the auctioneers said on Friday.

edited - post a link next time
(Reporting by Pascal Fletcher; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

 

damn, 15% is a lot of money for BF on a coin at that price!

 

I was going to purchase that 13 Nickel but then thought about if I sold it for a few million more I'd really be in high tax bracket.