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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 8655503, member: 104064&quot;]I love topics like this that cause me to dig in and learn something new. So, here is the famous coin case.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1519161[/ATTACH] </p><p>A September 2011 Numismatist article by Jeff Reichenberger is about the three Buffalo nickels that were also in the case, and provides some details. The image is from when it was still with Eric Newman, with two of the three Buffaloes remaining. Particularly interesting is that &quot;the holes are larger than the nickels by approximately 2mm.&quot; You can see that nickels are quite loose in the holes. </p><p><br /></p><p>This makes the holes roughly 23mm - perhaps sized for half cents 1794-1857, or 2 cents 1864-1873. There were 8 circulation Braided Hair half cents 1849-1857 (23mm). Draped Bust half cents 1800-1808 (23.5mm) also only had 8 dates (no 1801). There were 9 two cent years (23mm), but perhaps 1872 was considered unobtainable. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, why on earth would you have a custom case made, with the holes too big, and three holes too many? To me the easiest explanation is that the case wasn&#039;t created explicitly for the 1913 Liberty Head nickels at all. More likely it was originally intended for a set of Braided Hair half cents, and Brown, Nagy or Wagner repurposed it. All the speculation surrounding the 8-coin case was just people hyping an excuse to believe that there were more 1913s out there to be found. </p><p><br /></p><p>The case sold through Heritage in 2017 for $10800. <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous/other-collectibles/-c-1920-leather-coin-holder-for-the-original-1913-liberty-nickels/a/1260-15073.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous/other-collectibles/-c-1920-leather-coin-holder-for-the-original-1913-liberty-nickels/a/1260-15073.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous/other-collectibles/-c-1920-leather-coin-holder-for-the-original-1913-liberty-nickels/a/1260-15073.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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