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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 26062377, member: 4626&quot;]My source for all this is the book &quot;Million Dollar Nickels&quot; which covers the topic extensively.&nbsp; Could they have got some things wrong?&nbsp; Not impossible, but it was very well researched.&nbsp; Still there&#039;s always some parts of the story that will forever be in the realm of speculation.&nbsp; But it quotes multiple experts that the &quot;3&quot; on the 1913 Liberty Head nickels does not precisely match the 3 on any other coin, including 1883, 1893, and 1903 Liberty Head nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it possible that there was a legitimate reason to mint 5 and only 5 of them in 1913?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Is it likely?&nbsp; I would have to say no.&nbsp; They had plenty of the old nickel to do whatever tests they felt a need to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the absence of evidence either way, the default assumption should be whatever is most likely.&nbsp; And it is much more likely these weren&#039;t authorized than that they were.&nbsp; That&#039;s what I&#039;m going with unless someone ever discovers firm evidence either way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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