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mickeyman
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Canada
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 Posted - 01/10/2010 : 09:23:26
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Yowza!
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MIAMI 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 in a public auction in Florida, the auctioneers said on Friday.
The so-called Liberty Head nickel, one of only five known of that specific date and design, was sold "in spirited bidding" to a private East Coast coin collector in Orlando late on Thursday, said Greg Rohan, president of Dallas, Texas-based Heritage Auctions.
The buyer wished to remain anonymous. The $3,737,500 price for the five-cent coin included a 15 percent buyer's premium.
"It is probably the most famous United States rare coin," Rohan said in a statement.
Once part of the coin collection owned by Egypt's King Farouk, who was deposed in 1952, the Liberty nickel changed hands several times and featured as part of the plot in a 1973 episode of the well-known CBS TV series "Hawaii Five-O."
The value of the rare coin, which was made at the Philadelphia Mint with the Miss Liberty design, crossed the million dollar mark in 2003.
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Kurr
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1945V
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Canada
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Posted - 01/10/2010 : 10:11:02
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Some really rare US coins have passed through King Farouk hands.
Didn't King Farouk also possess a 1933 gold Double Eagle at one point ? |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 01/10/2010 : 11:04:07
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All 5 known 1913 Liberty head nickles, when first discovered, were owned by the same guy, Colonel Edward H.R. Green, who also owned the 1 and only sheet of 24 cent inverted ginny airmail stamps. Do you think he had friends in high places? |
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dakota1955
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Posted - 01/10/2010 : 15:13:14
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Junk Woody
Penny Collector Member
Canada
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Posted - 01/10/2010 : 15:26:00
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Originally posted by mickeyman
featured as part of the plot in a 1973 episode of the well-known CBS TV series "Hawaii Five-O."
 Is there anywhere to watch this episode on the internet
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 01/10/2010 : 20:41:09
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I saw that episode when it first aired.
I would have bought it.. but I already have one. Of course mine is much bigger and heavier (2 ounces) and made out of silver.  |
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jadedragon
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Canada
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Posted - 01/10/2010 : 20:44:21
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Originally posted by dakota1955
Don't we here at reacents have friends in high places?
We have some members from Colorado. |
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slickeast
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USA
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Posted - 01/10/2010 : 20:53:27
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Originally posted by dakota1955
Don't we here at reacents have friends in high places?
Garth Brooks comes to mind....opps that is "Friends in LOW Places" |
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PreservingThePast
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USA
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Posted - 01/11/2010 : 12:15:30
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My husband asked me at the show if I wanted to go look at the stuff they would be auctioning off but I was too afraid to even ask if we were allowed to do that. All of it was way out of my league.
I don't think I made a stop at every booth in my four days at the coin show. There was so much to see down on the floor much less visit the auction merchandise.
On the last day when we entered the show, the gold Mickey was no longer on display. Since it was so much quieter on Sunday at the show you could actually hear outside noises and I heard a helicopter that sounded like it was landing on the rooftop (it wasn't I found out later), but my husband was trying to convince me that they were flying out the gold Mickey. I was just about convinced then I heard another one and was told that a helicopter tour company flew right over the building before landing nearby. Gullible...Who, me??? |
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