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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 617450, member: 6763&quot;]Jef:</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to set the story straight: The little girl in question did NOT take the coin from her father&#039;s collection.</p><p>Her father was the director of the San Fran mint at the time, and he gave her three pieces. He told her to keep them, because some day they would be worth a lot of money.</p><p>The story continues (as she told it some 70 to 80 years later) that on the way home she bought an ice cream cone with one of the coins.&nbsp; Hence the &#039;ice cream coin&#039; moniker.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have I seen one? Nope, and probably never will. At times they are on display, usually at the ANA shows, but I have never lucked out to see one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any for sale: not to my knowledge, at this time.&nbsp; But make an offer high enough and I am sure that one would show up. [say $5 million should do it.][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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