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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 8633358, member: 101855&quot;]I buy into the concept that the mint made a 1913 dated die as a back-up in case the new Buffalo Nickel design happened to fall through. For example, the mint issued Indian Cents from two mints in 1909 before they got around to introducing the Lincoln Cent. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a problem with the fact that Samuel Brown was able to profit from what was obviously an illegally made coin. He ran the ad in <i>The Numismatist</i> to create a market for the coin and then he sold all five of them plus a pattern or two of the new Buffalo Nickel. </p><p><br /></p><p>Others, like those who bought 1933 double eagles thinking that those coins were legal to own, got burned. Those coins were legally made, but the government argued that they are illegally distributed. The 1913 Liberty Nickel was made illegally and distributed illegally, but there was no blow back for Brown or the subsequent owners. </p><p><br /></p><p>And in case you haven&#039;t guess, the 1913 Liberty Nickel is my least favorite great rarity. If I owned one, I&#039;d sell it and buy many &quot;real coins.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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